In June 2024, a contingency of record labels — including three of the world's biggest, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Records — sued AI firms Suno and Udio for copyright ...

Major record labels' 2024 was about acquiring indie music companies and expanding their artist services footprints around the world. Major Record Labels' 2024 Was About Acquiring Indie Music Companies ...

Tyrannosaurus rex, Palais de la Découverte, Paris (Photo credit: Wikipedia) On June 25th, 2009 Michael Jackson was found dead at his Los Angeles home. The artist created, along with master ...

Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, and Sony Music Group are reportedly in talks with artificial intelligence startups over AI use of their music.

Major record labels have always been at the heart of the recorded music business, having the marketing and distribution muscle to make a marginal song or album a hit, or turn a hit into a global ...

It wasn't just major labels that weren't sure how to handle the new music. TVT, a New York indie that made its fortune on Nine Inch Nails' three-million-selling Pretty Hate Machine in 1989, ...

The further devaluation of music by flooding major label controlled DSPs with major label owned generative AI fodder fed by major label catalogue,” Sharooz writes.

Record labels including Sony Music , Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision that wiped out a $1 billion jury verdict for them against ...

According to industry figures, recording an album can cost $250,000 to $300,000, making it difficult for artists to make a living without a record label. Musicians are increasingly forgoing the ...

Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment are in talks to license their work to AI startups Udio and Suno.

After TuneCore launched in 2006, major labels continued to sign artists and own their intellectual property, albeit to broader “360” deals that incorporated more than recorded music rights.