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Live Nation operated as illegal monopoly in the ticketing market, jury finds

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Live Nation operated as illegal monopoly in the ticketing market, jury finds

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A jury has found that Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, illegally monopolized the US ticketing...

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Streaming Fraud Doesn’t Respect Silos. Neither Should We.

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Streaming Fraud Doesn’t Respect Silos. Neither Should We.

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MBW Views is a series of op-eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following...

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Concord forms strategic venture with Steven Victor’s Victor Victor Worldwide, expands hip-hop footprint

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Concord forms strategic venture with Steven Victor’s Victor Victor Worldwide, expands hip-hop footprint

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Concord has formed a strategic multi-year venture with Victor Victor Worldwide (VVW), a New York-based record label...

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Canada’s SOCAN paid out USD $366m to rightsholders in 2025, warns AI is ‘placing mounting pressure’ on livelihoods

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Canada’s SOCAN paid out USD $366m to rightsholders in 2025, warns AI is ‘placing mounting pressure’ on livelihoods

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Canadian performing rights society SOCAN generated revenues of CAD $587.1 million ($420m) in 2025, up 5% compared...

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AWAL and lemontank launch ‘Creator Fund’ to find the next generation of British music-focused content creators

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AWAL and lemontank launch ‘Creator Fund’ to find the next generation of British music-focused content creators

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AWAL has launched a fund aimed at discovering and developing British content creators working on music-focused formats,...

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From Pershing Square’s $64 billion bid for UMG to Wireless Festival’s Kanye West cancellation… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

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From Pershing Square’s $64 billion bid for UMG to Wireless Festival’s Kanye West cancellation… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

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Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest...

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TuneCore partners with RoyFi to offer royalty advances to indie artists

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TuneCore partners with RoyFi to offer royalty advances to indie artists

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TuneCore, the Believe-owned digital distribution platform for self-releasing artists, is rolling out a new royalty advance program...

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After Cox ruling, Supreme Court wipes out Grande Communications’ $47M music piracy verdict

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After Cox ruling, Supreme Court wipes out Grande Communications’ $47M music piracy verdict

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The Supreme Court on Monday (April 6) vacated a lower court ruling that ordered internet provider Grande...

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Wireless boss Melvin Benn defends Kanye West booking: ‘We are not giving him a platform to extol opinion of whatever nature.’

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Wireless boss Melvin Benn defends Kanye West booking: ‘We are not giving him a platform to extol opinion of whatever nature.’

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Melvin Benn, Managing Director of Festival Republic – the promoter behind London’s Wireless festival – has issued a...

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Pepsi and Diageo withdraw sponsorship of UK’s Wireless Festival as Kanye West booking sparks backlash

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Pepsi and Diageo withdraw sponsorship of UK’s Wireless Festival as Kanye West booking sparks backlash

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Pepsi and Diageo have withdrawn their sponsorship of London’s Wireless Festival following a wave of political condemnation...

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