Music Business Worldwide

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1. Lauren Demarte promoted to Chief Operating Officer at GoDigital Music

   Exec also oversees operations in Colombia

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2. Rise of the Music-Making Machines

   Darius Van Arman explores the threat of AI to the music-making community and how independents can best position themselves against the inevitable and rising tide of AI…

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3. Google acquires AI music platform – and Suno challenger – ProducerAI

   Google has acquired ProducerAI, the AI music creation platform formerly known as Riffusion, bringing the startup and its team into Google Labs.

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4. Music startup Mogul raises $5M; says it has tracked $1.5B+ in royalties for artists to date

   Mogul says the funding will be used to expand its ability to serve "artists, managers, and business managers of all kinds".

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5. Donald Trump and Isaac Hayes estate reach settlement in copyright case over use of ‘Hold On, I’m Coming’

   The lawsuit was originally filed in August 2024.

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6. Artist representatives launch ‘Say No To Suno’ campaign: ‘AI slop dilutes the royalty pools of legitimate artists from whose music this slop is derived.’

   Open letter slams AI music generator

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7. Why true independence in music has never been more important

   The following MBW op/ed comes from Pascal Bittard, founding President of digital distributor and artist & label services company IDOL

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8. John Langford promoted to President, Asia-Pacific for AEG International

   Langford will lead the development and execution of AEG’s Asia-Pacific expansion strategy across venues and real estate.

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9. Live Nation files to pause antitrust case for appeal, days after pulling public post calling for DOJ to ‘move on’ and settle

   Live Nation Entertainment asks judge to pause the DOJ antitrust case while two legal questions are reviewed by an appeals court.

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10. Salt-N-Pepa file notice of appeal over UMG lawsuit dismissal, with ‘Blurred Lines’ lawyer as counsel

    Lawsuit against UMG over the copyrights to their master recordings was dismissed in January

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