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The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/from-warner-and-sonys-q4-results-to-distrokids-potential-2b-sale-its-mbws-weekly-round-up/

Taylor Swift will release the music video for “Opalite” exclusively on Spotify Premium and Apple Music on Friday (February 6) at 8am ET. The video will not be available on YouTube until Super Bowl Sunday (February 8), meaning the pop superstar is windowing a major music video premiere on paid streaming platforms before its YouTube … Continued Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/taylor-swift-to-premiere-opalite-music-video-on-spotify-and-apple-music-with-youtube-release-delayed-by-two-days/

AMG is the global music division of Japanese entertainment giant Avex Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/avex-music-group-strikes-global-distro-deal-with-the-orchard-excluding-japan-china-and-korea/

The latest round was led by Sequoia Capital, with partner Andrew Reed joining the ElevenLabs board. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/elevenlabs-creator-of-suno-rival-eleven-music-raises-500m-at-11bn-valuation/

YouTube's combined advertising and subscription revenues exceeded $60 billion for 2025 Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtubes-subscription-business-is-now-generating-around-20bn-a-year-with-music-a-key-growth-driver/

Both companies will adopt the Soundtrack brand while retaining their local teams. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/b2b-music-streamer-soundtrack-acquires-ambie-and-tunify-expanding-presence-in-uk-and-benelux/