In 2025, AI music was not just the big story for the music industry: it was a host of trends, deals, questions, anxieties and controversies.

The Weeknd closes a $1 billion-plus catalog deal with Lyric Capital in which the artist and his team maintain creative ...

A feud between hip hop’s biggest stars came to a head in January 2025 when Drake filed a defamation lawsuit against Universal ...

Holiday songs from Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé are on the top 10 list for best Christmas songs to listen to ...

Walt Disney Co. is licensing iconic characters including Mickey Mouse and Cinderella to OpenAI for use on its artificial ...

Christian music label Reach Records filed a lawsuit against Capitol CMG, saying the UMG-owned label bailed on a deal to acquire it at the last minute.

Fans got to meet Simon Cowell’s new boy band, December 10, in the Netflix docuseries Simon Cowell: The Next Act. The ...

Universal Music Group has submitted what it calls a “robust remedy” to the European Commission, following receipt of a ...

On Nov. 24, the European Union's merger watchdog said it was moving forward with its probe into UMG's plan to buy Downtown Music as it believed the deal could reduce competition in the market for the ...

Universal Music said on Friday it has submitted a remedy to address competition concerns from the European Commission over ...

Walt Disney Co. agreed to invest $1 billion in OpenAI and license iconic characters like Mickey Mouse and Cinderella for use ...

McGillicuddy sets the strategic direction and leads the business and content operations of the Big Ten Network (BTN), a joint ...