News Major record company bosses back campaign against UK AI copyright proposal The heads of Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music have thrown their weight behind a Daily Mail campaign urging the government to protect creators’ rights
Analysis News From the ‘fair use’ win for Reuters to ByteDance building an AI music beast… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Hiroki Totoki named new CEO of Sony Group; Kenichiro Yoshida to remain as Chairman Leadership shakeup to be effective April 1, 2025
News Sony’s $600m Michael Jackson deal just took a big step forward in court Sony's deal to acquire a 50% stake in Michael Jackson's publishing and recorded catalogs has cleared a major hurdle
Analysis News From Robert Kyncl’s NMPA keynote to music publishers’ FTC complaint against Spotify… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis News From Sony Music’s reported Queen catalog talks to Live Nation’s DoJ battle… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis News Sony Music Group boss Rob Stringer talks acquisitions, artificial intelligence and how music streaming services should start charging free users Sony Music wants to see an end to free music subscriptions, and 5 other things we learned from its latest investor presentation
Analysis News Sony Music sends letters to 700 AI, music streaming companies declaring it’s ‘opting out’ of AI training The letter also states that these companies may have already violated Sony's copyrights
Analysis News Rob Stringer says music streaming fraud ‘is a problem that must be eliminated’, calls for better payouts from short-form video platforms Sony Music Group Chairman covers various key industry topics in presentation to Sony Corp investors
News Sony Music Group suspends operations in Russia 'Sony Music Group calls for peace in Ukraine and an end to the violence.'
News Warner Music Group names 15 new recipients of grants from its $100m social justice fund This third round of investments includes 15 organizations and totals $9.35m
News Tiffany R. Warren appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Diversity And Inclusion Officer at Sony Music Group She will work with all of Sony Music Group’s global recorded music, publishing and corporate divisions