February, 2025

Denis Ladegaillerie gets his company back: Believe consortium’s ‘squeeze-out’ nearly complete, as firm stops trading in France
Just 1.33% of Believe's share capital now isn't owned by Ladegaillerie's consortium – but it will be soon Source...

Universal Music strikes deal with Liquidax Capital to ‘accelerate the development’ of its AI tech patents
UMG has filed 15 patents in the fields of musical collaboration, multi-media content and campaign creation, music and health, AI threat protection, music administration, and rights management Source...

Cat Kreidich exits as President of Warner’s indie distribution arm, ADA
There’s a big change happening at the top of one of Warner Music Group’s most important global divisions. Cat Kreidich is leaving her role as President of ADA Worldwide, WMG’s distribution and s...

EU opens in-depth investigation into UMG’s $775m Downtown deal
European Commission launches Phase 2 investigation into the proposed acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings Source...

‘Super listeners’ make up just 2% of an artist’s monthly streaming audience, yet buy 50% of concert tickets, Spotify says
Spotify may have just identified the 'super-superfans' who truly drive an artist's career Source...

Producer Lex Luger and Lemonaide launch ‘creator-first’ AI Model with BeatStars
The Lex Luger AI Model offers music creators royalty-free WAV and MIDI loops generated in Luger’s signature style Source...

ONErpm’s Emmanuel Zunz: ‘There are no more distribution companies, there are no more record labels. There are just companies providing solutions to creators.’
ONErpm founder Emmanuel Zunz on hitting $300m revenue, the Universal/Downtown deal, and why traditional music industry categories are dead to him Source...

Recognition Music Group plans $372m bond sale – as value of catalog once known as Hipgnosis Songs Fund continues to balloon
Blackstone-owned Recognition owns the portfolio of music rights built by Merck Mercuriadis at HSF Source...

Naoshi Fujikura on breaking global superstars, Japan’s culture of superfans, and UMG’s positioning in the world’s second-largest music market…
MBW's World Leaders series meets Naoshi Fujikura, President & CEO of Universal Music Japan 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...

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