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From Concord’s $1.76 billion ABS transaction to Universal Music Group’s EU scrutiny… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

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Germany’s recorded music sales grew 1.4% in the first half of 2025, marking a significant slowdown

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Anthropic beefs up legal team ahead of showdown with Universal Music Group (report)

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Music industry backs reintroduced ‘RAP Act’ that would bar lyrics from being used as evidence in US court trials

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Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos talks up ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ as fictional groups dominate Spotify charts

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Nicki Shamel appointed Head of TuneCore, US

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Former Spotify exec Jérémy Erlich launches ALTA Music, signs K-pop star JENNIE

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Update (2): Three former HYBE employees receive sentences for insider trading on BTS’ military enlistment (report)

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Producer Lex Luger and Lemonaide launch ‘creator-first’ AI Model with BeatStars

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ONErpm’s Emmanuel Zunz: ‘There are no more distribution companies, there are no more record labels. There are just companies providing solutions to creators.’

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Recognition Music Group plans $372m bond sale – as value of catalog once known as Hipgnosis Songs Fund continues to balloon

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‘Super listeners’ make up just 2% of an artist’s monthly streaming audience, yet buy 50% of concert tickets, Spotify says

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UMPG signs Grammy-winning songwriter, producer and musician Joel Little to exclusive global admin deal

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Guide to Spotify Playlists for 2025

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Alejandro Duque takes on dual role as President of ADA and President Of Warner Music Latin America

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The UK government just unveiled a new ‘label-led’ initiative to improve pay for legacy artists, songwriters and session musicians. Here’s what that means…

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Warner Music Italy signs superstar Milan-based DJ and producer MACE

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Jim King promoted to CEO of AEG Presents UK and European Festivals

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