EC Approves UMG-Downtown Deal: Curve Royalty Divestiture Required
Antitrust regulators greenlight the acquisition only after mandating the sale of royalty processing infrastructure.
Music Tech
Deezer Opens the Black Box: Flow Tuner Adds Manual Genre Controls
By integrating explicit user feedback loops, the platform moves beyond purely implicit behavioral signals for its recommendation engine.
UMG Partners With Even For Direct-To-Fan Commerce Strategy
Major label group pivots from in-house development to strategic tech partnerships.
UMG Partners With EVEN to Scale D2C Infrastructure
Direct-to-consumer channels drove 78% of first-week physical Pop sales in 2025, validating this infrastructure play.
Luminate Data: Gen Z Leads Decline in AI Music Sentiment
Survey results show a 6pp rise in Gen Z and Gen Alpha disinterest in AI-generated media since May 2025.