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whynow is a London-headquartered media and commerce company Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/embargoed-warner-sells-emp-the-merch-business-it-acquired-for-180m-in-2018-to-whynow-owned-by-mick-jaggers-son-gabe-jagger/

US federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that an AI company's copying of protected material to build its training data was not fair use. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/us-appeals-court-rejects-fair-use-defense-over-ai-training-as-thomson-reuters-wins-copyright-case-backed-by-riaa-and-nmpa/

Both appointments are effective immediately, Music Services said on Tuesday (September 29). Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sesac-music-groups-music-services-division-appoints-nick-lapointe-senior-director-of-business-development-jay-sudarma-promoted-to-vp-of-marketing/

Latin music accounted for 9.1% of total US recorded music revenue in H1 2026, up from 8.8% at the mid-point of 2025. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/us-latin-recorded-music-revenues-reached-542-2m-in-h1-2026-up-8-6-yoy-outpacing-the-overall-us-market/

Max Ciociola turned Musixmatch into the world’s largest lyrics company. Now, with backing from TPG – and having struck a deal with Suno for a copyright-detection tool called Sentinel – it’s on a path to becoming something much bigger… Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/musixmatch-lyrics-are-becoming-the-llm-of-the-music-industry/

Alejandro Duque promoted, as Aaron Bay-Schuck is confirmed as the sole Chairman and CEO of Warner Records Group Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/val-blavatnik-joins-elliot-grainge-adds-ada-simon-robson-exits/