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Company recently disclosed that it was receiving approximately 60,000 fully AI-generated tracks per day — around 39% of all daily deliveries Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/deezer-posts-first-ever-annual-profit-despite-total-subscriber-base-declining-in-2025/

Deal includes the singer's 17 studio albums, eight live albums and more than 50 singles, including Santa Baby. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/primary-wave-partners-with-estate-of-eartha-kitt-acquiring-music-catalog-and-name-likeness-rights/

BMG Rights Management has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic, the AI giant behind the Claude AI chatbot. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bmg-sues-anthropic-alleging-ai-giants-380b-valuation-was-built-on-stolen-copyrighted-works/

IFPI has published its new 'Global Music Report 2026' showing that global recorded music revenues grew by 6.4% YoY in 2025 Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/global-recorded-music-revenues-hit-31-7bn-in-2025-up-6-4-yoy-users-of-paid-music-subscriptions-reach-837m/

The product is aimed at music producers who can treat technology like an “active collaborator." Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/instrument-maker-roland-launches-ai-melody-generator-powered-by-research-from-sony-computer-science-laboratories/

The agreement takes effect once Mars completes his existing arrangement with BMG/Warner Chappell. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bruno-mars-signs-global-publishing-administration-deal-with-avex-music-group/