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Email us here Live Nation's Latin America push, Apple's quiet AI podcast play, and Netflix's looming layoffs dominated Monday's news cycle. Meanwhile, DistroKid's collateral damage from UMG's copyright lawsuit is catching innocent indie artists in the crossfire. Ye's antisemitism lawsuit survives a dismissal bid, and GTA VI's radio lineup just became a major music industry moment. Deals & M&A • Live Nation takes majority stake in Chilean promoter Bizarro, expanding its LatAm footprin...

Email us here Spotify made a bold pivot today, formally launching an enterprise technology division to sell its internal R&D tools to outside companies. Meanwhile, the live music world got stranger and bigger: a hologram world tour for the late Sidhu Moose Wala opened in Toronto, and Backstreet Boys shattered Taylor Swift's Toronto stadium record. Suno also deepened its live-music ambitions with a new experiences division built around Songkick. Deals & M&A • Suno launched Suno Li...

Email us here Spotify locked in another mega-deal with Joe Rogan, DistroKid's AI-detection sweeps are pulling human artists' music without appeal, and Live Nation is facing class action suits over a data breach exposing Social Security numbers. Meanwhile, the US Copyright Office opened a formal inquiry into streaming fraud, and Spotify is pushing its audiobook service to 180-plus markets by year-end. Deals & M&A • EMPIRE Publishing hired Rimas Publishing's Emilio Morales as SVP for L...

Email us here Today's brief spans a landmark criminal sentencing for AI streaming fraud, a quarter-billion-dollar venue naming-rights renewal in London, and a fresh regulatory threat to Suno in Europe. Mechanical royalty proceedings heated up on two fronts, while Kakao and Warner deepened their K-pop global push. Deals & M&A • Kakao Entertainment and Warner's Atlantic Music Group partnered to develop K-pop artists globally across strategy, production, and distribution. • Kakao's Atla...

Email us here Saudi Arabia's Soundstorm festival joins a widening wave of regional entertainment cancellations, while Spotify's Premium Early Access paywall surfaces in new markets and the Phonorecords V royalty battle heats up at the CRB. Meanwhile, YouTube, TikTok, and Luminate all dropped data-heavy updates reshaping short-form and streaming strategy. Deals & M&A • Warner Music MENA promotes Ahmed Nureni to MD, hires Ahmad Alghawanmeh from Sony as GM. Lawsuits & AI • ARIA CEO...