This is not the Christmas present that Spotify would have been hoping for: a huge chunk of its metadata being released on filesharing.

Ready Player Me emerged during Peak Metaverse Hype a few years ago, with a focus on avatars. Now it is being acquired by Netflix.

As the deal to sell TikTok’s US operations enters its final weeks, ByteDance appears to be ready to celebrate an *extremely* profitable 2025.

Universal Music Group’s dealmaking team has been on a tear in 2025, and its final deal of the year appears to be with Roblox.

Good news for musicians in the UK who’ve been hanging on for their final payouts of the year before going Christmas shopping. Fresh from the announcement of PRS for Music’s £274.9m December ...

TikTok’s US operations will not end this year under new, American ownership. But a sale appears to be signed and sealed for the new year, according to an internal memo from TikTok’s CEO Shou Chew that ...

Having confirmed its lineup of Bandcamp Friday promotions for 2026 earlier this month, now Bandcamp has revealed how much money the initiative drummed up for artists and labels in 2025. “Across this ...

Already one of the most active acquirers of music companies in recent times, Create Music Group is finishing 2025 with one more flash of its wallet. CMG has bought Cr2 Holdings Group, the parent ...