Music Publishers Speed Past Peloton's Counterclaims in $300M Copyright Lawsuit

Universal Music Publishing Group has unveiled its next generation royalty portal, which the company claims is taking publishing data and analytics to a heretofore unseen whole other level. 

Constance Wu joins a list of stars who don't always watch their own projects. The 37-year-old actress appeared on Tuesday's episode of "Live with Kelly & Ryan" where she revealed she hasn't seen the movie "Hustlers" or the TV show "Fresh Off the Boat." “I still haven’t seen it.

Constance Wu joins a list of stars who don't always watch their own projects.

The lawsuit was originally filed in October 2019

Taylor Swift has switched music publishers, signing an exclusive global publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) after being with Sony/ATV since she first came to Nashville.The agreement, which was announced Thursday and will take effect immediately, strengthens Swift's partnership with the Universal Music family. Universal Music Group serves as Swift’s exclusive worldwide recorded music partner and UMG's Republic Records serves as her U.S.

Taylor Swift has signed an exclusive global publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, broadening her partnership with the Universal Music Group, where Republic Records currently serves as her U.S. label partner.

Taylor Swift has signed an exclusive global publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, after being with Sony/ATV since she first came to Nashville as a young teenager.

Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill ended their two-year relationship back in 2016, but the exes have been anything but friendly ever since. 

To celebrate his 24th birthday, Luis Coronel gifted his fans with new music.The regional Mexican singer dropped "Solo un Poquito," a banda track penned by Edgar Barrera and Nir Seroussi (former Sony Music U.S. Latin president) in honor of the special occasion."I am more than excited that my fans can listen to more and more of my music," Coronel tells Billboard.

Taylor Swift has warmly accepted Nikki Glaser's sincere apology for the comments she made in an interview featured in Swift's new Netflix documentary Miss Americana.The doc -- which hit the streaming service on Friday (Jan. 31) after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival -- includes footage from numerous interviews and television segments that take aim at Swift over the course of her career.

With Taylor Swift's new Netflix documentary Miss Americana, she does something nearly unheard of for a pop star: she stops trying to control every aspect of her narrative.

The ongoing legal showdown between Peloton and music publishers dealt a small but important blow to the exercise bike company. On Wednesday, a federal judge shot down a counterclaim filed by Peloton alleging that the trade group had conspired to interfere in their discussions with various publishing companies. Underlying the case is the notion that Peloton, in not properly licensing all of the music played on its exercise streaming platform, had committed copyright infringement.

Post Malone and Bud Light are in a bit of a dilemma. The rapper and beer company created two awesome commercials promoting the newly-launched Bud Light Seltzer, and now they don't know which one should air during the Super Bowl.The first ad, "#PostyStore," shows the rapper entering a convenience store to purchase some of his go-to Bud Light, before he notices the Seltzer.

Flatiron Books, the publisher of Jeanine Cummins’ novel “American Dirt,” has decided to cancel the scheduled tour for the book’s launch citing safety concerns and “specific threats” made towards booksellers and the author.

For Peloton, 2019 wasn’t exactly a year of good news -- especially regarding its relationship with the music industry. In March, the popular exercise equipment and media company was hit with a $150 million copyright lawsuit by the National Music Publishers’ Association, which claimed Peloton had not obtained proper licensing to play certain copyrighted songs to accompany its ride-along video classes.

Rusty Gaston has been appointed CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville effective immediately, Billboard has learned. As part of his new role, the music industry veteran will lead all creative and operations for the company’s Nashville division including the signing of new songwriters.“I’m completely overwhelmed and excited,” Gaston told Billboard over the phone Wednesday morning (Jan.

The arrival of five-time Grammy winner Billie Eilish -- who took home the night’s sought-after best album, record, song, and best new artist accolades of the night -- set flash bulbs ablaze in the VIP section of Universal Music Group’s post-event party.