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After Cox ruling, record labels offer to walk away from Grande piracy case – but clash with ISP over $4m in bond costs
Grande asked the court to "render judgment in favor of Grande," arguing that the labels cannot prove contributory infringement under the standard set by Cox. Source...

Spotify hits 300m Premium subscribers in Q2, adding 7m, as streamer posts $762m operating profit
Spotify's total Monthly Active Users, which combine paying users and ad-supported users, reached 777 million Source...

The music industry has priced a customer it cannot find
The following MBW op/ed comes from Mag Rodriguez, Founder/CEO of EVEN. Source...

Merlin signs Spotify licensing deal for AI-powered ‘fan-made’ covers and remixes
The tool will let fans create covers and remixes of songs from participating Merlin members' artists and songwriters. Source...

Vicky Dowdall joins Dave Stewart’s RARE Entity as Partner, Business Development
The move takes the artist manager and entrepreneur onto the leadership team at RARE Entity, the venture group co-founded by Eurythmics musician Dave Stewart. Source...

Best eSIM for Japan: How to Stay Connected on Your 2026 Trip
Japan is booming with travelers again. The country welcomed more than 36 million international visitors in 2024, a record high. Most of them landed with one urgent question: how do I get online the mo...

AYN E-Commerce Review: Is This AI-Powered Store Builder Worth Your Time?
Most store builders give you a website and then basically say, “Good luck, you’re on your own.” AYN e-commerce is trying something different by putting your store, business tools, and AI helpers...

BMG acquires Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale’s publishing and recorded rights
BMG has published Stockdale globally since 2016, and the acquisition adds his recorded music royalties and neighboring rights to that relationship. Source...

Warner Music Group and its CFO didn’t part ways because of a dud quarter – WMG filing shows subscription streaming revenues up 11% YoY in calendar Q2
Overall revenues up 9% YoY at constant currency to approximately $1.86 billion Source...

Clique Apps enters the superfan market with standalone apps built for individual artists
Unlike Patreon or FanFix profiles, each Clique app lives independently under the creator's name in the App Store. Source...