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Streaming fraud man who pocketed $8m using hundreds of thousands of AI songs streamed billions of times by bots pleads guilty

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Sony Music has targeted 135,000+ deepfakes of its artists’ music for removal from streaming platforms

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Recorded music revenues in Italy grew +10.7% YoY last year; paid streaming revenues in the market jumped 14.1% YoY

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UK government reverses course on stance to let AI companies train on copyrighted music without permission

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Subscription music streaming revenues rose just 2% YoY in Sweden in 2025

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Renee Brodeur promoted to General Manager of artist management firm TMWRK

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Janet Jackson signs global deal with Believe Music Publishing

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Björn Sandberg named Head of Commercial Marketing at AudioSalad

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Tina Turner music interests acquired by Pophouse in ‘strategic transaction’ with BMG

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Deezer posts first-ever annual profit – despite total subscriber base declining in 2025

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Primary Wave partners with estate of Eartha Kitt, acquiring music catalog and name & likeness rights

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BMG sues Anthropic for infringement, alleging AI firm’s $380B valuation was built on ‘stolen copyrighted works’

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A new WMG deal, an Ed Sheeran collaboration and 10M AI music production users… 3 things we learned from Tencent Music’s Q4 earnings call

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10 quick (and crucial) takeaways from IFPI’s Global Music Report 2026

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Ken Doroshow to retire as Chief Legal Officer of RIAA after 10 years

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Instrument maker Roland launches AI melody generator powered by research from Sony Computer Science Laboratories

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Apple wins dismissal of lawsuit from streaming app Musi over 2024 App Store removal

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Global recorded music revenues hit $31.7B in 2025, up 6.4% YoY; users of paid music subscriptions reach 837M

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Subscription music streaming revenues rose just 2% YoY in Sweden in 2025

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Primary Wave partners with estate of Eartha Kitt, acquiring music catalog and name & likeness rights

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