Music Business Worldwide's weekly round-up covers five major stories shaping the music industry, spanning artificial intelligence, litigation and corporate finance. The developments highlight the industry's continuing struggle to balance AI innovation with copyright protection, while major players like Universal, Spotify and Warner reshape their commercial strategies.

– Apple Music will add "Made With AI" labels to tracks made on platforms like Suno, but is relying on record labels and distributors to supply the tagging metadata before launch later this year.
– Round Hill Music has sued both Suno and Anthropic for copyright infringement, seeking damages that could approach or exceed $1 billion in each case, and says it will not settle.
– Universal Music Group signed an exclusive, long-term global deal with Apple Corps for The Beatles' merchandise, licensing and e-commerce rights.
– Spotify expanded its share buyback programme by $1.5 billion, taking its total authorisation to roughly $2.2 billion.
– Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl defended his firm's licensing deal with Suno, arguing AI should be "embraced", even as Universal and Sony continue their lawsuit against the platform.