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1. From Trump firing top copyright official to SoundCloud ‘fixing’ AI policy… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

   The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

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2. Anthropic lawyers apologize to court over AI ‘hallucination’ in copyright battle with music publishers

   Anthropic's lawyers say the Claude chatbot didn't invent a research paper out of thin air, but it did mis-name the paper and its authors

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3. Live Nation has already sold 100m tickets in 2025 so far – compared to 98m sold in all of 2019

   Live Nation CFO Joe Berchtold talks about pricing, facing a potential economic slowdown, and fixing the company's public relations headaches

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4. Court should reject Drake’s ‘dangerous’ assumption that rap lyrics are factual in case against UMG, scholars argue

   Diss tracks 'are understood by audiences not to represent factual assertions about the opposing artist,' the scholars argue

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5. Reservoir subsidiary PopIndia strikes its first catalog deal with Musicraft Entertainment acquisition

   Deal arrives a month after the launch of Reservoir Media's newly established Mumbai subsidiary

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6. Producer Poo Bear launches TTIKR content monetization platform

   The mobile-first app allows musicians, filmmakers and multimedia artists to set their own prices for content and deal directly with their fans

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7. Universal Music expands iconic Blue Note and Deutsche Grammophon jazz and classical labels into China

   Labels launch in China as part of strategic expansion

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8. Maarten Steinkamp appointed Interim President of Armada Music Group

   Steinkamp has worked closely with Armada as an interim board consultant for the past several months

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9. Rob Stevenson, Matt Signore launch new label ALTER, backed by Firebird

   Stevenson and Signore were both previously in leadership roles at 300 Entertainment

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10. Sony generated $2.54bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q1 2025; Sony Music Group predicted to grow profit by ‘high single digits’ over next 12 months

    Both streaming and physical recorded music sales up single digits, as publishing division posts double-digit bounce in quarter

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