Music Business Worldwide

The 23 biggest music business deals of 2025: From Taylor Swift to Tencent Music, Live Nation, and Chord.

Daniel Tencer — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:52:17 +0000

The biggest artist catalog related deal on this year's list is for the masters of Taylor Swift's first six albums, acquired by... Taylor Swift from Shamrock Capital

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Bad Brains, iconic D.C. punk band, ink wide-ranging music rights deal with Matt Pincus’ Trust Records

Murray Stassen — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:49:41 +0000

Partnership covers publishing rights, master recording rights, name and likeness, trademark and visual IP, and more

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On… Suno, Songkick, and a Reddit Revolt

Tim Ingham — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:59:14 +0000

The following article originally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest ‘Tim’s Take’ email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.

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Are boybands back? Republic Records and Freddy Wexler unveil ‘the next global phenomenon’

Mandy Dalugdug — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:44:38 +0000

The group was formed through a process where the members selected each other rather than going through traditional casting.

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Warner Music strikes strategic partnership with India’s Rthyms.Life to break local artists globally

Murray Stassen — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:47:14 +0000

Partnership marks the latest strategic move for Warner Music India, which launched in 2020

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Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch 2026: Waylon Wyatt, kwn, Zeddy Will

Music Business Worldwide — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:50:27 +0000

Three more new names from Vevo's annual DSCVR Artists to Watch list

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Judge signals he’ll let Ticketmaster customers proceed as class in Live Nation antitrust lawsuit

Mandy Dalugdug — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:46:55 +0000

A group of Ticketmaster customers sued the ticketing giant in 2022 for allegedly engaging in secondary ticketing market manipulation.

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Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman to receive 2026 Grammy Salute to Industry Icons honor

Mandy Dalugdug — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:37:23 +0000

The invitation-only event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel will recognize the brothers' accomplishments after co-founding Republic Records in 1995.

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Jameson Roper named Partner and President of US Operations at Future History, the management company behind Sleep Token

Rafaela Fornitani — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:29:48 +0000

Company has also signed metalcore band Wage War to global management

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Tuned Global renews Twist Music partnership as telco-bundled streaming gains ground in MENA

Murray Stassen — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:22:06 +0000

Deal will see Tuned Global continue to power the Twist Music streaming service as it expands beyond Egypt into the UAE and Saudi Arabia

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