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TikTok must transfer control to US owner, US commerce secretary says
Lutnick said Donald Trump is "positive towards TikTok, if it can move into American hands." Source...

NewJeans: ‘Telling us to return to ADOR and HYBE is like telling the victim of school bullying to return to the same school and endure it.’
The K-pop group's legal team said the root of the conflict lies in HYBE's audit into Min Hee-jin last year. Source...

African music enjoys breakthrough on Shazam’s Global Top 200 Chart
Twelve tracks by African artists reached the Shazam Global Top 10, with three reaching the No. 1 position. Source...

From Concord’s $1.76 billion ABS transaction to Universal Music Group’s EU scrutiny… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up
The biggest music biz headlines from the past few days, all in once place. Source...

Germany’s recorded music sales grew 1.4% in the first half of 2025, marking a significant slowdown
The country's recorded music industry trade group is urging the EU to create the conditions needed for an AI licensing marketplace Source...

Anthropic beefs up legal team ahead of showdown with Universal Music Group (report)
A blog called chatgptiseatingtheworld.com said the judge’s recent decision sets the stage for larger damages in Anthropic’s two legal cases. Source...

Music industry backs reintroduced ‘RAP Act’ that would bar lyrics from being used as evidence in US court trials
‘Freddy Mercury did not confess to having ‘just killed a man’ by putting ‘a gun against his head...' Source...

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos talks up ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ as fictional groups dominate Spotify charts
Seven of the top 15 tracks on Spotify's most-streamed tracks in are by virtual artists from a Netflix movie Source...

Nicki Shamel appointed Head of TuneCore, US
Former AWAL exec joins TuneCore as company 'continues its pivot to artist development for self-releasing artists' Source...

Former Spotify exec Jérémy Erlich launches ALTA Music, signs K-pop star JENNIE
The Los Angeles-based company has struck a partnership with THEBLACKLABEL, founded by BLACKPINK producer Teddy Park. Source...