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- Primary Wave strikes deal with Grammy-winning Norteño-Tejano group Intocable covering catalog and name, image, and likeness
on 01/06/2026 at 16:11Intocable has won two Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards Source
- Musixmatch says LyricFind’s antitrust claim ‘without merit’ as rival files second amended complainton 01/06/2026 at 15:12
LyricFind first sued Musixmatch in March 2025 Source
- ‘After k-pop, Chinese pop music will come to the world next.’on 01/06/2026 at 14:45
UMG Greater China Chairman and CEO Timothy Xu on the company’s ‘Glocal’ strategy, and why he believes Chinese pop will be the next genre to go global... Source
- Live Nation acquires majority stake in Argentina’s Dale Play Liveon 01/06/2026 at 14:20
Live Nation acquires again in Latin America, swooping for majority stake in Argentina-based promoter Source
- Nelly awarded over $67K to be paid by lawyer who filed ex-bandmate’s Country Grammar copyright suiton 01/06/2026 at 13:21
The ruling ordered the fees to be paid not by the plaintiff – but by the plaintiff's attorney, Precious Felder. Source
- Chrysalis co-founder Chris Wright launches new label and publishing company Right Trackson 01/06/2026 at 13:20
The new company marks a return to the recorded music business for Wright Source
- M.I.A. sues Kid Cudi for $2.8M after being fired from Rebel Ragers Touron 01/06/2026 at 11:46
The lawsuit alleges that Kid Cudi "instructed Live Nation to breach the Agreement to generate publicity and ticket sales for the Tour." Source
- Melvin Koh named General Manager, Ticketing Asia at TEG’s Ticketekon 01/06/2026 at 10:32
Koh brings more than 18 years of experience across sports, entertainment, venue management, commercial strategy and ticketing. Source
- Andrew Jenkins to depart Universal Music Publishing Group after nearly two decadeson 01/06/2026 at 09:44
Jenkins announced his exit on Monday (June 1) Source
- Anthropic raises $65B in Series H funding, valuing the AI giant at $965Bon 01/06/2026 at 00:00
The round was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia Capital. Source