Thursday, July 31, 2025

Why Netflix’s ‘Hitmakers’ might teach your average viewer about songwriting – and even get them thinking about ‘fair pay’
JHart discusses his appearance on new music-themed show from the makers of Selling Sunset Source...

Landmark legal fight over US music rights termination hots up, as creator orgs weigh in with amicus brief
MAC, co-founded by Susan Genco of The Azoff Company, attacks 'major' industry org's arguments Source...

Musixmatch says LyricFind trying to ‘distract from its business failures’ with antitrust lawsuit
LyricFind is suing Musixmatch, arguing that an exclusivity deal with Warner Chappell Music violates US antitrust law Source...

SESAC Music Group raises $889M via whole business securitization, three-times oversubscribed
The WBS transaction, the company's fourth, brings SESAC's total outstanding debt to about $1.1 billion Source...

Deezer reports flat revenue of $305M in H1 as total subscribers fall further to 9.2M
The decline in the streaming platform's subscriber base came as users acquired through business-to-business partnerships shrank 21.1% to 3.9 million in H1. Source...

AWAL elevates Matt Riley to President, Victoria Needs and Sam Potts to co-Managing Directors
In 2023, Riley led the UK AWAL Recordings unit alongside Needs and Potts Source...

Universal Music Group generated $3.38bn in Q2, up 4.5% YoY – driven by Morgan Wallen, timelesz, Lady Gaga
Universal's overall Recorded Music revenue for the second quarter of 2025 was €2.224 billion ($2.52bn), up 3.9% YoY at constant currency. Source...

Are you watching, Disney? Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ becomes most-viewed original animated film in platform’s history
The film, which premiered on June 20, racked up 106.1 million views in its first month Source...

Sean Momberger: ‘If this happened when I was 21, who knows what would have happened? It probably would have been too much.’
Sean Momberger tells his side of the Not Like Us creation story and also discusses his collaboration with Mustard, the secret of successful sampling, and why AI is the future Source...

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