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US District Court Judge Orders Immediate Removal of Trump Name from Kennedy Center While Cancelling Renovations; Trump Immediately Fires Back
A US District Court judge has now ruled that adding Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center was a violation of federal law, while further ordering the immediate removal of the Trump name from the building. A two-year renovation plan has also been nixed by the Obama-appointed judge. On Friday (May 29th), a federal judge ruled […]
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Katy Perry’s Court Wins Hit $5 Million In Long-Running Mansion Dispute
An LA court says a Texas millionaire has to pay Katy Perry nearly $5 million in legal fees after losing a court battle over the sale of a mansion. Katy Perry has been awarded over $3 million in legal fees following a multi-year legal battle against Carl Westcott over the sale of a California mansion. […]
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Katy Perry Secures Nearly $5M in Legal Victory After Mansion Purchase Goes Sour
An LA court says a Texas millionaire has to pay Katy Perry nearly $5 million in legal fees after losing a court battle over the sale of a mansion. Katy Perry has been awarded over $3 million in legal fees following a multi-year legal battle against Carl Westcott over the sale of a California mansion. […]
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Moments After Scoring a Big Legal Victory Against Music Publishers, Anthropic Scores a Cool $65 Billion Funding Round
Anthropic announces a $65 billion funding round at a valuation of $965 billion, pushing it ahead of OpenAI in the artificial intelligence race. On Thursday, Anthropic said it had raised $65 billion in its latest funding round at a post-money valuation of $965 billion, bolstering the Claude chatbot company in the artificial intelligence race. More […]
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Moments After Scoring Legal Victory Against Music Publishers, Anthropic Scores a Cool $65 Billion Funding Round
Anthropic announces a $65 billion funding round at a valuation of $965 billion, pushing it ahead of OpenAI in the artificial intelligence race. On Thursday, Anthropic said it had raised $65 billion in its latest funding round at a post-money valuation of $965 billion, bolstering the Claude chatbot company in the artificial intelligence race. More […]
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Breaking: US District Court Judge Orders Immediate Removal of Trump Name from Kennedy Center While Cancelling Renovations; Trump Immediately Fires Back
A US District Court judge has now ruled that adding Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center was a violation of federal law, while further ordering the immediate removal of the Trump name from the building. A two-year renovation plan has also been nixed by the Obama-appointed judge. On Friday (May 29th), a federal judge ruled […]
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Latest Music Industry Hires: Weverse, TuneCore, Too Lost, U2, Spirit Music, iHeartMedia, Pophouse, More
Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of May 29th, 2026. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you’d like to post a job on our Job Board, just send us a request to noah@digitalmusicnews.com. And, keep track of all the […]
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Universal Music Board Unanimously Rejects Pershing Square Takeover Bid, Says ‘It Fundamentally and Materially Undervalues UMG’
As expected, Universal Music Group’s board has formally rejected Pershing Square’s $64 billion takeover proposal after being urged to do so by Bolloré Group. We covered Bolloré Group’s clear-cut opposition to the bid earlier this week, when CEO Cyrille Bolloré criticized key elements (among them price and control particulars) of the offer during his own […]
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Live Nation Settles With Beyond Wonderland Shooting Victims Ahead of Broader Trial
Live Nation has settled a lawsuit with the families of two women shot and killed during the 2023 Beyond Wonderland festival at The Gorge Amphitheatre. Live Nation has reached an undisclosed settlement with the families of two women, Brandy Escamilla, 29, and Josilyn Ruiz, 26, who were shot and killed during the 2023 Beyond Wonderland […]
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Music Business Manager Fights to Stay Out of Prison After Allegedly Stealing Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars from Juice WRLD and Others
Sean Welch, a music business manager accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients including Juice WRLD, is battling to stay out of federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Though the Industry Management Group founder Welch only entered that guilty plea in December 2025, the case itself has been flying under […]
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“Prometheus” by MrRay: A Defining Artistic Statement of Philosophical Existentialism in Contemporary Pop
Ukrainian-born artist and Shanghai-based educator Alex Ray — known musically as MrRay — is emerging as one of the more conceptually ambitious independent artists in contemporary pop. The following comes from Arcadia International, a partner of DMN. Balancing his work as a history teacher at an American school in Shanghai with music production and visual […]
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Too Lost Taps Jay Moore to Drive Artist Financing and Catalog Acquisitions
Too Lost has appointed Jay Moore as Chief Investment Officer (CIO), signaling a deeper push into catalog investment and artist financing within the independent music sector. This article was created in collaboration with DMN partner Too Lost. The Los Angeles-based company, known for its distribution and technology platform for independent artists and labels, confirmed that […]
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Music Biz 2026: Inside the Future of Music Rights, Sync Licensing, and AI Innovation
Digital Music News and Open On Sunday returned to Atlanta for Music Biz 2026 at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel. Industry leaders, executives, artists, and tech innovators gathered to focus on sync licensing and celebrate this central theme. While industry figures exchanged ideas on many subjects, sync licensing dominated networking and discussions. Among the voices […]
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Filing Frivolity Against Nelly? Judge Saddles Attorney Suing ‘Country Grammar’ Rapper With a Heavy Fine
Ouch. The attorney who sued Nelly for allegedly excluding his former bandmates from credits for his wildly successful debut solo album Country Grammar has been ordered to pay the rapper’s legal fees. Precious Felder Gates—the attorney for former St. Lunatics member Ali Jones, who launched litigation against Nelly—has been ordered to pay $67,586 to reimburse […]
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The ‘Cox Effect’ Continues: Anthropic Brushes Off Vicarious Infringement Claims In Music Publishers’ High-Stakes Copyright Suit
The “Cox effect” continues to ripple across the music industry litigation landscape. In the latest development, Anthropic has shrugged off vicarious liability in the newer copyright infringement suit it’s facing from major music publishers including Concord. Judge Eumi K. Lee just recently signed a related order, thereby approving the publisher plaintiffs’ voluntary dismissal of a […]
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Last.fm is Still Scrobbling More Than Twenty Years Later (Seriously) — But It’s No Longer Part of Paramount Skydance
Last.fm is independent again, nearly 20 years after it was acquired by CBS. And it’s still keeping track of your scrobbles across streaming platforms. Remember Last.fm? It started out as an internet radio station in 2002, but became better known as a music tracking service that lets you keep tabs on what you listen to […]
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15-Year Prison Sentence Handed Down In Taylor Swift Vienna Concert Attack Plot; Perpetrator Was Part of a Broader Global Terrorist Network
An Austrian court convicted a man who planned to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna two years ago, sentencing him to 15 years in prison. The trial and ongoing investigation have revealed the involvement of a far broader and involved terrorist network. Nearly two years after authorities foiled a plot to target people outside […]
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LyricFind Says Musixmatch Cheated Its Way to Victory. But Is That What Really Happened?
LyricFind has filed yet another amended antitrust complaint against Musixmatch and its parent company TPG, alleging an underhanded scheme involving Warner Chappell Music. But did Lyricfind get cheated out of plum deals, or simply get outmaneuvered? LyricFind has now filed its second amended U.S. antitrust complaint against Musixmatch and its parent TPG Global, alleging that […]
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The Definitive K-Pop Rankings? Melon, Tencent Music, and Line Music Tee Up ‘Global-K Chart’ to Account for Streaming, Downloads, and Other ‘Fan Activity’ Alike
Have Melon, Tencent Music, and Line Music developed the definitive ranking authority for K-pop artists? We’re about to find out, as the companies are preparing to release a “Global-K Chart” that they’re billing as “the global K-pop standard.” Kakao Entertainment’s Melon DSP, the Tencent-owned streaming company, and Japan’s Line Music shed light on their ambitious […]
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Is ‘Blue Dot Fever’ Coming for Mid-Tier Festivals? One Analyst Issues a Dire Forecast
Mid-tier festivals might be next to suffer from “blue dot fever,” according to analyst Annick Maas. The growing malady of “blue dot fever,” the phenomenon of seats going largely unsold at live events — as represented by endless blue dots on Ticketmaster’s site — isn’t getting better anytime soon. Partially, it’s the ticketing industry, and […]
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