February, 2025

Scooter Braun steps down as CEO of HYBE America
Isaac Lee to assume role of Chairman and CEO of HYBE Americas Source...

David Joseph CBE joins The Royal Society of Arts as Chief Executive Officer
Former Chairman and CEO of Universal Music UK will formally take up the post at the RSA in September Source...

Mystery buyer for TikTok named by Trump is the same Oracle-Blackstone group whose bid stalled (report)
The previous talks broke down after Beijing withheld approval in the wake of Trump’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods Source...

BTS confirm Spring 2026 return, with new album and ‘massive’ world tour
News revealed during Weverse live stream Source...

Warner Music Group and Bain launch $1.2 billion fund to buy rights; each party owns 50% of venture
WMG CEO Robert Kyncl said: 'Augmenting our deep expertise and global infrastructure with Bain Capital’s financial prowess and belief in music will make us the destination of choice for preeminent ca...

Warner Music Group to reduce annual cost by another $300M, with $170M saved via ‘headcount rightsizing’
Combined with previously announced restructuring, Warner should achieve more than half a billion dollars in annual cost-savings Source...

HYBE confirms ‘strategic expansion’ into India – in second half of 2025
The expansion represents the next stage of what HYBE calls its “multi-home, multi-genre strategy." Source...

US Senate rejects 10-year ban on state AI regulation in win for creative sector
The ban would have prevented states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade. Source...

Apple Music to establish new studio space in Los Angeles
The move comes over three years after Spotify launched its own creative hub in Los Angeles. Source...

Sony Music Group acquires record label Lusafrica and publisher Africa Nostra
Founded in 1988 by José Da Silva, Paris-headquartered Lusafrica specializes in Portuguese-language African music and other world music genres Source...

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