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1. Ticketmaster halts Céline Dion Paris ticket sale, citing ‘suspicious activity’

   The sale was the dedicated venue window for 10 dates that Dion added at Paris La Défense Arena in May 2027.

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2. Universal sells Curve Royalty Systems to Merlin and Matt Spetzler’s Jamen Capital

   Universal Music Group and its subsidiary Virgin Music Group have agreed to sell Curve Royalty Systems to Jamen Capital and Merlin. The sale is the divestment that the European Commission required as a condition of clearing Universal Music Group‘s $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings in February. It paves the way for Curve, the royalty processing platform used by thousands...

3. From Suno’s $5.4B valuation to Bill Ackman’s exit from Universal Music… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

   The biggest headlines from the past few days...

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4. Soraib el Jelali appointed Head of A&R at Warner Chappell Music Benelux

   El Jelali first joined WMG in 2023 as Head of A&R at Atlantic Records Benelux, where he worked with artists including Diamond-certified Roxy Dekker.

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5. UMG launches nextWAV artist development program in New Zealand

   The 12-month program is open to applicants aged 16 to 18 who are permanent residents or citizens of New Zealand.

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6. MOBO Awards founder Kanya King dies at 57

   'The music world has lost one of its most fearless champions.'

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7. Remember ‘Say No To Suno’? Someone just hired a plane to fly it over an AI investor summit… featuring Mikey Shulman.

   Its location in the skies was significant – directly over the UBS AI in Entertainment Summit at the Shutters on the Beach hotel, where Suno CEO Mikey Shulman was among the speakers.

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8. Concord invests in and strikes strategic partnership with Lito Music, the company founded by Latin hip-hop & reggaeton artist Lito MC Cassidy

   The deal expands Concord’s presence in Latin music

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9. A bill moving through Congress could change who controls the US Copyright Office. Here’s why it matters for the music business.

   Who controls the machinery of copyright in the United States, and what happens to music if that control shifts?

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10. Canada walks back plan to make US audiovisual streaming services pay a bigger Canadian-content levy

    The measures were announced by Marc Miller, Canada's Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages.

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