Category: Weekly Headline Roundup
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | Nov. 14, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week we’re looking at the global increase in songwriter royalties, new Spotify and NMPA AV deal, AI track uploads, and importance of local culture. Global songwriter royalty collections reached $13.6bn in 2024, up 7.2%, CISAC reports Creator royalties hit another all-time high in…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | Nov. 7, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week we’re looking at the launch of Billboard in India, latest UMG revenue, Spotify’s subscriber base numbers, and more. Billboard Launches in India in Partnership with Other Side Ventures, Backed by Priyanka Khimani On Monday (Nov. 3), Billboard announced the launch of Billboard…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | Oct. 31, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week we’re looking at a new report on paid streaming platforms, an update on the Universal and Udio lawsuit, and more. Report Finds Majority of Time with Streaming Music Is Now Spent with Paid Platforms Audio habits and preferences have obviously changed in…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | Oct. 24, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week we’re looking at Consumer Sentiment around AI, Ticketmaster’s FTC lawsuit response, US Latin Music Market, Global Music Publishing Projections, and more. AI Isn’t Taking Over Yet: Consumers Vehemently Oppose Machine-Generated Media, Prefer Works ‘Created by a Real Person,’ Survey Finds Looks like…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | Oct. 17, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week we’re looking at Sora 2, Anthropic lawsuit, record label market share, AI, AI, and AI! Music Publishers Can’t Add Lyric Piracy Claims to Anthropic AI Training Lawsuit Piracy has become a hot-button issue in AI litigation ever since Anthropic reached a $1.5…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | Oct. 10, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! For the top of October, we’re covering a new AI social app, the Anthropic lawsuit, a French ruling against streaming fraud, and more! I spent a day scrolling on SORA. The music industry should pay attention. OpenAI is taking on TikTok with an AI…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | Oct. 3, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! For the top of October, we’re covering ticketing drama, new CEO appointments, Taylor Swift breaks another record, music revenues, AI, and more! Live Nation’s CEO Says Concert Tickets Are ‘Underpriced.’ His Comments Are Nothing New Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino sparked a furor among…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | Sept. 26, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re covering the latest IFPI report, the music industry’s response to Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation, the latest FTC Ticketmaster lawsuit, and more! An AI Artist Signed A Multimillion Dollar Record Deal. What Does That Mean? Even with AI rights issues unsettled and lawsuits…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | September 19, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, Ashley interviewed Lisa Ann Walter(!), Zach discusses the cost of unpaid internships in music, and we’re looking at AI music licensing, virality and social media, and direct deals. How Much Does An Unpaid Internship Cost Students? $15,000 and Counting Let’s cut to…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | September 12, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at U.S. recorded music revenue, RIAA updates, the latest trends in AI-generated tracks, and more. RIAA Switches Key Revenue Metrics From Retail to Wholesale: What to Know After decades of reporting revenue numbers in retail terms, the RIAA has switched…