Music Business Worldwide

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1. 60,000 AI tracks hit Deezer daily as platform moves to license detection tech to wider music industry

   Deezer also revealed that up to 85% of all streams on AI-generated music were fraudulent in 2025

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2. Edwin Schröter promoted to CEO at [PIAS], as co-founder Kenny Gates becomes Executive Chairman

   Schröter has been with [PIAS] for more than 25 years and was previously Group Managing Director.

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3. JP Evangelista promoted to EVP of Content, Programming & Marketing at Vevo

   The company veteran and founding team member will oversee the global creative, marketing, and audience strategy.

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4. Universal Music acquires stake in superfan app Stationhead

   UMG's minority investment in the company follows Stationhead's merger with online music event platform Mellomanic

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5. Why distinguishing human creation from AI mimicry matters more than ever

   The following MBW op/ed comes from Bobby Bickely & Ewan Bloor, Data Scientists at Beatdapp

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6. Key Songs In The Life Of… Charlie Hellman

   Spotify's Global Head Of Music talks us through the tracks that have shaped and inspired him throughout his life and career to date

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7. Sony launches $2B music rights acquisition JV with Singapore’s GIC

   Sony Music Group is forming a music rights-buying joint venture with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC Pte.

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8. UMG sues Anthropic for $3bn over ‘brazen’ copyright infringement of 20,000+ songs

   Music publishers file second copyright infringement lawsuit against AI company Anthropic

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9. OpenWav fan app launched by Wyclef Jean and 88rising’s Jaeson Ma forms joint venture with Loud House for new artist commerce platform

   The new project seeks to provide artists and IP owners a way to launch, test and scale consumer products globally without holding inventory.

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10. Marion Gargula and Laurent Pernin promoted to co-General Managers at BMG France

    The duo have also been elevated to Vice Presidents at the company.

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