Friday, July 24, 2026

Ben McOwen Wilson named new CEO of the UK’s PRS for Music
Google and YouTube executive to join the UK collection society on October 12 Source...

Live Nation launches Roblox game that lets players build their own festivals, with CORTIS as the first featured artist
The game has already drawn more than 3.5m visits and generated more than 23m in-game performances. Source...

StubHub CEO faces questions from House Democrats over his stake in a hedge fund reselling tickets on his own marketplace
Robert Garcia, the oversight committee's Ranking Member, issued a letter to StubHub CEO Eric Baker on Friday (July 24). Source...

Move Concerts CEO Phil Rodriguez: ‘I’m bullish about our business. Music and sports are the last tribal experiences.’
MBW's World Leaders series meets Phil Rodriguez, founder and CEO of Latin America-focused Move Concerts Source...

As GEMA awaits its Suno copyright verdict, the German collecting society launches ‘PLAI’ – a fully licensed dataset for training AI music tools
AI music transcription company Klangio is the dataset's first customer. Source...

From 90,000 AI tracks hitting Deezer daily to Suno’s user data breach… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source...

Providence set to fully acquire Casey Wasserman’s THE•TEAM, valuing agency at $3.4B (report)
The private-equity firm already owns around 60% of the business and is set to buy out founder Casey Wasserman's remaining stake. Source...

Andy Burnham, the UK’s new Prime Minister, cuts business rates by 20% for live music venues, pubs and clubs in England
The cut will apply to nearly 32,000 businesses, with the typical pub estimated to save £1,100 (around USD $1,475) in the next financial year. Source...

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