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As K-pop concert revenues rise, HYBE, SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment plot music festival joint venture

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As K-pop concert revenues rise, HYBE, SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment plot music festival joint venture

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K-pop giants HYBE, JYP Entertainment, SM Entertainment, and YG Entertainment are preparing to establish a joint venture...

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Live Nation and Ticketmaster lose antitrust trial: What happened, what it means, and what comes next

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Live Nation and Ticketmaster lose antitrust trial: What happened, what it means, and what comes next

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MBW Explains is a series in which we dig behind the headlines, via data and context, to...

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‘By aligning more closely with Believe, TuneCore is creating a seamless pathway for artist growth.’

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‘By aligning more closely with Believe, TuneCore is creating a seamless pathway for artist growth.’

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Twenty years ago, as a new digital distribution company called TuneCore launched itself upon an unsuspecting world,...

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Splice launches AI tools that compensate sample creators when their sounds are used

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Splice launches AI tools that compensate sample creators when their sounds are used

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Music creation platform Splice has launched a new suite of AI-powered tools – and says original sample...

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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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