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Reservoir sues Suno for copying 1,050 songs, alleging AI firm’s business model was to ‘infringe now’ and ‘settle on the cheap later’
Songs in Reservoir's catalog named in the complaint include Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now, Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire, Madonna's Papa Don't Preach Source...

Spotify is on course for $3.3B annual operating profit in 2026 – after adding 6M subscribers in Q3
Spotify published its financial results for Q3 2026 (the three months to the end of September) earlier today (October 22). Source...

ChatGPT Ads Hit 89 Countries: What It Means for Publishers
ChatGPT ads now run in 89 countries with 100,000+ advertisers. See the growth data, the churn caveat, and five moves publishers should make now....

Universal Music Group signs Thai artist Jeff Satur, aiming to make him ‘T-Pop’s first global superstar’
The signing is the latest step in UMG's expansion in Thailand. Source...

Warner Music Group unifies its recorded music and publishing sync teams under Ron Broitman
Ron Broitman has been promoted to President, Global Sync Source...

Spotify cracks down on Family plan sharing – as Goldman Sachs estimates ‘meaningful share’ of users are ‘friends sharing a plan to reduce costs’
Members who fail the check, or who don't complete it within seven days of being notified, can't join a different Family or Duo plan for 12 months. Source...

‘I would stop thinking the fan is the end of the value chain.’
Fave was founded in 2020 by Jacquelle Amankonah Horton, who spent nearly five years at YouTube on the creator side of the business. Here, the exec explains how she defines a superfan... Source...

Is music’s next great licensing failure already underway?
As Grand Theft Auto VI nears launch, AI tools like GPT-6 Astra are turning prompts into playable games. Deviate Digital founder Sammy Andrews warns that music could be about to miss another platform s...

Live events marketing platform Hive raises $27M Series B from Frontier Growth
More than 1,600 venues, promoters, and festivals use the platform, which Hive says has helped its customers generate more than $1 billion in ticket sales. Source...

Interscope Geffen A&M names Michelle An President & Chief Creative Officer, promotes Laura Carter and Ramon Alvarez-Smikle to Co-Presidents, Urban
IGA said the new Creative and Urban leadership roles are 'designed to give artists deeper partnership and more ways to break through' Source...