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1. Germany’s recorded music business generated USD $2.73B in 2025 – up just 2.3% YoY

   Results for the market published on Thursday (February 26) by the German Music Industry Association, BVMI

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2. Kanye West beats most ‘Donda’ copyright claims over ‘Hurricane’ and ‘Moon’ brought by Artist Revenue Advocates

   A federal judge has dismissed the bulk of infringement claims against the rapper.

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3. HYBE posts $20M court deposit to delay Min Hee-Jin payment as ex-ADOR CEO offers settlement (report)

   HYBE posted the deposit as part of its request for a stay of enforcement to delay payment until the ruling is finalized, Korea JoongAng Daily reported.

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4. Guji Lorenzana promoted to Director, A&R and Client Development, APAC, at Symphonic Distribution

   Symphonic promotes Guji Lorenzana, expands APAC team, and announces new Asia signings

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5. High-res music service Qobuz joins France’s Deezer in flagging AI-generated tracks on its platform

   AI-generated tracks that appear to have been uploaded fraudulently will be removed from Qobuz.

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6. An open letter to Suno’s Mikey Shulman.

   MBW founder, Tim Ingham, on Suno, streaming fraud statistics, Fortnite, funerals, red lights, and sad eyes.

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7. How Jeff Waye and Patrick Curley built Third Side Music into an indie publishing powerhouse with USD $25M in annual revenues

   MBW's Trailblazers meets Jeff Waye, Co-Founder and COO, and Patrick Curley, Co-Founder, President and CEO, of independent publisher Third Side Music

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8. Reservoir receives unsolicited $1.2B bid from activist investor Irenic Capital (report)

   Reservoir's shares jumped as much as 15% on Thursday (February 26) following the report.

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9. From the ‘Say No to Suno’ campaign to GoldState securing ‘significant’ investment from Bridgepoint… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

   The biggest headlines from the past few days...

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10. Primary Wave in talks to potentially acquire Kobalt Music Group

    Francisco Partners mulls earlier-than-expected sale

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