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Major Music Catalog & Rights Deals this week: Saregama MD Vikram Mehra advocates for DSPs to assign ‘no value’ to AI-generated music in royalty pools, while; and The market for music catalog sales is expanding beyond legacy superstars to…

Creators, Talent, And Leadership this week: Miranda Lambert, a foundational figure in modern country music, has signed with MCA Records (Universal Music; and Andrea Newman, showrunner of NBC’s ‘Chicago Fire’ for the past three seasons and…

Streaming And Adaptation Deals this week: Hulu announced a slate of new and returning reality series at its ‘Get Real’ event, centering on established reality; and Hulu has greenlit a new reality competition series, ‘The Mob,’ hosted by…

AI, Automation, And Platform Shifts this week: Monica Corton, a veteran music publisher, argues that the music industry’s licensing framework for generative AI is; and This matters for Audience Behavior & Distribution Shifts because it…

IP & Franchise Lifecycle Tracking this week: A US federal jury found Live Nation and Ticketmaster guilty of illegally monopolizing the US ticketing and; and Believe has promoted Akhila Shankar to Director of Artist Services for India and…