Also this week: More than 150 Canadian musicians come out against Conservative candidate Pierre Poilievre and two industry vets launch a company bridging Canada and Africa.
The European regulator is probing the competitive threat presented to "the music value chain" in The Netherlands and Austria.
Other recent deals include Warner Music Group's new joint-venture label with Annual Acharia, EMPIRE's partnership with Cambodian label Baramey and more.
Wham!’s 1984 holiday classic “Last Christmas” is one of the five nominees for most performed work, a remarkable sign of its staying power.
Also this week: Sonic Unyon Records launches SUM Artist Management.
A court in Seoul sides with ADOR in its contract dispute with the K-pop group.
Following Trump’s 145% tariff on the merch manufacturing hub of China, companies and artists are scrambling for solutions — but uncertainty makes every decision fraught.
The K-pop boy band covers Billboard Korea.
KOMCA will suspend the registration of any works involving AI in the creative process, including any track where AI was used even in part.
Prices in the three Benelux countries increased for the second time in two years, putting them above many of their Western European neighbors
