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‘Call of Duty’ co-creator Vince Zampella dies at 55 — ‘his work helped shape modern interactive entertainment’

Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind such best-selling video games as “Call of Duty,” has died. He was 55. Video game company Electronic...

As more workers request accommodations, how should workplaces react?

With diagnoses of neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD, as well as anxiety and depression, on the rise, many colleges are seeing increases in...

UMG and Splice team up to collaborate on ‘next generation’ AI music creation tools

Universal Music Group is teaming up with music creation platform Splice on what they call the “joint exploration of the next generation of...

PPL’s royalty distributions jump 19.9% to $72.8M in final quarter of 2025

PPL, the UK’s collective management organization (CMO) for performers and recording rightsholders, has reported a 19.9% increase in payouts for the final quarter...

From YouTube pulling its data from Billboard’s charts to HYBE’s new partnership with Tyla’s managers… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines...

Stocks: Bank of America warns fund managers just triggered a contrarian ‘sell’ signal

Bank of America’s “Bull & Bear Indicator” rose from 7.9 to 8.5 in the last few days, triggering its contrarian “sell” signal for...

Create Music Group acquires UK dance label Cr2

Los Angeles-based Create Music Group (CMG), which was valued at $1 billion last year following a $165 million investment round, has acquired again.The company revealed today ( December 18)...

Billboard just made ‘free’ streams worth more on its US charts. YouTube is still not happy – and is pulling its data.

YouTube says it will soon stop providing data to Billboard for inclusion in the US charts, ending a partnership that has lasted more...

Exclusive: Ankar, which uses AI to streamline patent filing, secures $20 million Series A funding

Two former Palantir employees hoping to use AI to transform the process for filing and managing patents have secured $20 million in investment...

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