June 26, 2026
On June 25, 2026, the Mexican-American música mexicana songwriter and recording artist Xavi (Joshua Xavier Gutiérrez Alonso) signed an exclusive, worldwide publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), the publishing arm of Universal Music Group. The deal was disclosed simultaneously through Variet…
On June 16, 2026, Bertelsmann's BMG announced that it had acquired the publishing catalog of Chris Cheney, the founding songwriter, guitarist, and frontman of the Melbourne rockabilly-tinged alternative rock band The Living End [[1 • BMG]] [[2 • Billboard Pro]]. The announcement arrived five days after The Living End w…
A federal antitrust class action filed by YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream subscribers against The Walt Disney Company has resolved into a $50 million partial settlement, opening claims to a pool of potentially millions of US consumers who subscribed to those services at any point between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2026.…
Australia's ban on social media accounts for under-16s is the most closely-watched piece of internet-age regulation in the world. Drafted by the Albanese government as the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 and pushed through Parliament on 28 November 2024, it took effect on 10 December 2025 at…
