Bloomberg reveals that those very labels are in talks with the two businesses over a deal that would put the lawsuit to bed and establish a degree of cooperation between the o ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

At the Midem conference in Cannes, France, Qtrax and its parent company Brilliant Technologies Corp. announced deals on Sunday with all four major labels that would make it the first free and ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

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.