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1. Gallery: Milk & Honey and Reservoir’s pre-GRAMMY ‘Award Season’ party 2026

   Held on the rooftop of the Petersen Automotive Museum, revellers included many high-flyers from the global music industry

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2. Create Music Group strikes $300M investment in Nettwerk Music Group, as Canadian firm executes management buyout

   The investment will allow the Nettwerk management team to increase its ownership stake while enabling the company to retain its "identity and independence".

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3. From Warner and Sony’s Q4 results to DistroKid’s potential $2B sale… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

   The biggest headlines from the past few days...

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4. WMG generated $1.84bn in calendar Q4; recorded music subscription streaming revenues jump 10.9% YoY

   Total revenue was up 7.1% YoY at constant currency, with recorded music revenues up 6.6% YoY

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5. Taylor Swift to premiere ‘Opalite’ music video on Spotify and Apple Music – with YouTube release delayed by two days

   The video will not be available on YouTube until Super Bowl Sunday (February 8)

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6. K-pop industry eyes royalties boost as China’s copyright body signs deals with Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Music

   Komca says the deals address "structural problems" that had hindered royalty collection in China.

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7. Warner and Bain increase JV fund by $200M. Will Red Hot Chili Peppers deal be next?

   Red Hot Chili Peppers are understood to be shopping their recorded music catalog for a nine-figure sum

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8. UMG, ABKCO win copyright case against UK filmmaker over docs about The Rolling Stones, other artists

   US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla ruled that Coda Publishing and its directors willfully infringed copyrights owned by the labels.

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9. Harvey Mason jr. on AI, Grammy eligibility, and why human creativity will always matter

   The Recording Academy boss took part in a fireside chat with Luminate CEO Rob Jonas ahead of the Grammys in Los Angeles

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10. Reservoir posts $45.6m in revenues for calendar Q4, up 8% YoY; confirms deals with Gladys Knight and T.I.

    Reservoir Media has published its financial results for the three months ended December 31

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