3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (833+ words) MBW Views is a series of op-eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following MBW op/ed comes from Jorge Brea, CEO of Symphonic, one of the industry’s most successful independent distribution platforms. Since founding the…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1195+ words) AI music platform Suno, facing copyright claims on several fronts, has been promising licensed models since November 2025. That month, it settled Warner Music Group’s copyright lawsuit and said it would launch “new, more advanced and licensed models” in 2026. Today (September…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1001+ words) Believe has struck a strategic partnership with Suno, just over four months after it began blocking the distribution of tracks made on the AI music platform. The agreement, announced on Tuesday (September 8), covers “participating repertoire” from Believe and TuneCore, its…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (693+ words) Universal Music Group has completed the €250 million share buyback program it launched in August – the last of three repurchases under a €1 billion share repurchase commitment the company set out in April. UMG has spent EUR €999.2 million (USD $1.16 billion) on its…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1166+ words) Suno has admitted in a court filing that it obtained audio data from YouTube for use as training data. The admission appears in the AI music company’s answer to the first amended complaint from UMG Recordings, Capitol Records, and Sony…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (936+ words) Canada’s SOCAN has sued Suno for copyright infringement. The collecting society filed its statement of claim in the Federal Court of Canada earlier today (September 2). SOCAN is the third collecting society to take Suno to court, and the first to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (567+ words) Musixmatch has launched a new product built specifically for record labels. Musixmatch Pro for Labels is a hub designed to help record companies manage, enrich, and “distribute lyrics at scale to support music discovery and deeper fan engagement.” Launched today…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1230+ words) Jason Isbell is suing AI music company Suno over the alleged commercial use of his identity. The six-time Grammy winner filed a proposed class action on Monday (August 31) in Boston federal court, alongside Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven frontman David…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (776+ words) Suno has been sued by Gerencia 360 Music, an independent record label, publisher, booking agency, and management company that specializes in Regional Mexican and Latin music. The complaint was filed on Monday (August 31) in the US District Court for the Northern…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (544+ words) SoundCloud has started letting artists sell music directly to fans on its own platform, and says it won’t take a cut of those sales. The company launched a beta of direct music purchases on Wednesday (August 26), opening it to a…...