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On… Universal, Spotify, Virgin, and the ‘leakage’ causing analyst discomfort.
This article orginally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest ‘Tim’s Take’ email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers. Source...

Leslie Ahrens promoted to Managing Director & EVP Creative Latin America at Kobalt
Kobalt elevates longtime exec Leslie Ahrens to lead Latin America, as Nestor Casonu exits after 11 years. Source...

Sony Music expands JV with German rap label Two Sides, as founder Lucas Teuchner takes on broader advisory role for the major in the GSA region
The Berlin-based hip-hop label and management company is behind superstar rapper Apache 207 Source...

UnitedMasters hires Alessandro ‘Moz’ Moro to lead UK division; signs London acts Grace Carter and Kid Apollo
Alessandro ‘Moz’ Moro previously worked across Warner Records, Island Records, Platoon and EMPIRE. Source...

Live Nation says court ruling against ticket broker supports the company’s bid to dismiss FTC’s BOTS Act lawsuit
Live Nation argued that the Key Investment Group lawsuit is not comparable to its case as they were brought under different subparagraphs of the BOTS Act. Source...

Suno is raising another $250 million+ at a $5 billion valuation (reports)
Suno will likely raise above $250 million, the same amount that it pulled in during its Series C just six months ago, sources told Billboard. Source...

AI Mode Ads on Google: The New Rules of Search Advertising
Search ads used to be simple. You picked keywords, wrote a clever ad, and hoped people clicked your link on a boring blue-results page. Easy, right? Well… not anymore. Google just flipped the whole ...

Udio admits to scraping YouTube audio for AI training in answer to Sony Music lawsuit
Udio admitted that its models were trained with “a vast amount of different kinds of sound recordings” gathered from publicly available sources. Source...

Spotify wins motion for arbitration in ‘payola’ lawsuit
A Spotify subscriber sued the company in November, claiming it deceives users by letting labels boost song visibility through reduced royalty payments. Source...

YouTube creators hit by music copyright claims can now replace tracks with AI – at the touch of a button
The update, announced via YouTube's Creator Insider channel on Friday (May 1), adds a new "Create" button to the existing "Replace Song" tool in YouTube Studio on desktop. Source...

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