Eventbrite co-founder and CEO Julia Hartz, whose company is selling to Bending Spoons. Photo Credit: Eventbrite Eventbrite has a new owner: Milan-headquartered Bending Spoons, which is acquiring the events platform in a $500 million all-cash […]
A live performance from ATC Management client Black Country, New Road. Photo Credit: Paul Hudson All Things Considered Group (ATC) has announced “a conditional equity fundraising” worth over $11 million. Additionally, the London-based company has […]
Suno has announced a $250 million Series C. Photo Credit: Suno Suno is a lot of things – including a defendant in multiple music-space infringement suits – but it definitely isn’t strapped for cash. Now, […]
Slipknot have officially sold a majority stake in their music catalog to HarbourView Equity Partners, sealing a deal that had been rumored for months. HarbourView confirmed the deal to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday, and […]
ICE’s push to hire 10,000 more guys who peaked in high school and still owe last month’s rent to their moms — or as the popular euphemism would have it, “deportation officials” — includes millions […]
Photo Credit: Jakub Żerdzicki Two UK divisions of ticket resale platform Viagogo owe nearly $20 million in taxes after the government found they had underpaid. Two UK-based divisions of ticket resale platform Viagogo have been […]
Photo Credit: Elliot Grainge (10K Projects) and Taz Taylor (Internet Money) Elliot Grainge’s 10K Projects faces a lawsuit from Taz Taylor’s Internet Money with allegations that the company violated contractual obligations. Warner Music Group-owned 10K […]
Tom Petty’s longtime home in Malibu, California, has sold for $11.2 million. The rock legend had purchased the house in 1998, and lived there until his death at the age of 66 in 2017. The […]
Photo Credit: Steve Jennings Universal Music head Lucian Grainge, Snoop Dogg, Jimmy Iovine, and others are off the hook in the $107 million Death Row Records lawsuit filed against them by Lydia Harris. Technically, that […]
Photo Credit: Jonathan Borba Not a bad month at all: October 2025 delivered nearly $40 million in music industry funding thanks largely to a pair of sizable rounds from AudioShake and Jukebox Ventures. That data […]
Photo Credit: Wesley Tingey Merlin has confirmed the partial dismissal of its lawsuit against Triller – and doubled down on plans to seek a more than $2.5 million default judgement. Meanwhile, as it grapples with […]
Photo Credit: Ice Cube by Eva Rinaldi / CC by 2.0 Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube are battling a $1.3 million lawsuit accusing them of fraud. The rappers fervently deny all allegations. Rappers Snoop Dogg […]
After Taylor Swift was spotted wearing a vintage Monterey Bay Aquarium otter t-shirt in the official release party film for her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, Swifties naturally wanted one of their own. […]
Photo Credit: Jukebox Jukebox expands its global footprint with the launch of Jukebox Ventures, raising up to $15 million dedicated to backing music and tech start-ups. Jukebox Ventures has announced the launch of their Fund […]
Photo Credit: Noemi Planas, WIN CEO, by Jacobo Medrano beatBread launches a $100 million global independence fund in association with leading indie music organizations, including AIM, WIN, and IMPALA. A leader in funding for independent […]
(l to r) Claimy co-founders Pierre-Alban Mulliez, Guillaume de Lavenère, and Gustave Larrouturou. Photo Credit: Claimy AI-powered “music rights intelligence platform” Claimy has announced a more than $1.75 million raise and set its sights on […]
Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl is off to a record-breaking start, selling 2.7 million copies on its first day in the US. Already, Swift has secured the second-biggest sales week of the modern […]
Photo Credit: Swizz Beatz for Reebok USA / CC by 4.0 A federal judge denies producer Swizz Beatz’s motion to dismiss his status as a defendant in a bankruptcy case related to the 1MDB scandal. […]
AudioShake co-founders Luke Miner and Jessica Powell. Photo Credit: AudioShake Now boasting north of 40 enterprise clients – including Universal Music, Warner Music, and BMG – AI-powered audio separator AudioShake has announced a $14 million […]
Photo Credit: Raph PH / CC by 2.0 Now in its third year, the ABBA Voyage virtual concert sold over a million tickets in 2024 and generated revenues of $140 million for its UK-based holding […]