The Beatles rights-holding company Apple Corps has come together with Universal Music Group to ink a wide-ranging licensing and merch deal for all things related to the fab four. It will include physical and digital merchandise, licensing, and e-commerce. “The Beatles embody music’s power to change the world, and that influence makes them one of
Suno, the AI music generator that’s managed to both rankle the music industry and lure some of its biggest talent to its side, has added music company BMG as its latest licensing partner as it prepares new models powered by licensed work. The partnership will see Suno pay for BMG’s repertoire of recordings from its
Apple is raising prices for Apple Music subscription plans — the tech giant’s first rate increases for the service since fall 2022 — citing higher music licensing costs. The new price is effective in many of the markets around the world where Apple Music is available, including the US. Based on the new Apple Music
Netflix is further expanding the mix of content available on its platform through licensing partnerships with a variety of major publishers, including Variety and other brands from Penske Media’s PMX unit, as well as BuzzFeed Studios, Condé Nast, Hearst Magazines, People Inc. and Tastemade. The agreement calls for Netflix to stream a selection of the