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Primary Wave announced the deal on Wednesday (September 2). Financial terms were not disclosed Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/wilson-pickett-estate-strikes-deal-with-primary-wave-covering-publishing-catalog-and-name-image-likeness-rights/

Ufenau intends to back the initiative as investor and majority shareholder, and says it is already reviewing initial investment opportunities. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/deag-founder-peter-schwenkow-and-swiss-private-equity-firm-ufenau-plan-european-live-and-family-entertainment-group-with-up-to-e100m-of-equity-to-deploy/

It appears to be the first time Washington has intervened in any of the copyright cases now stacked up against AI companies Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/donald-trumps-administration-just-sided-with-openai-in-a-key-fair-use-case-heres-what-it-means-for-musics-fight-with-anthropic-and-suno/

SOCAN is the third collecting society to take Suno to court – and the first to file since one of them won Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/now-canada-socan-sues-suno-claiming-it-illegally-copied-hits-like-both-sides-now-and-sk8er-boi/

The platform is aimed at labels ranging from independents managing a small roster to organizations managing thousands of artists and releases. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/musixmatch-launches-pro-for-labels-to-help-record-companies-manage-and-distribute-lyrics-at-scale/

Londa, who has worked on releases by Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, and Linkin Park, reports to Jean-Sebastien Permal, SVP of A&R, EMEA and Central Europe. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-launches-warner-records-germany-in-berlin-led-by-lea-londa/