# From Apple Music’s price hike to Iron Maiden’s Pophouse deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/from-apple-musics-price-hike-to-iron-maidens-pophouse-deal-its-mbws-weekly-round-up/
- Published: 2026-07-17T15:51:36+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-22T07:13:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Music Business Worldwide
- Original article: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/from-sunos-ipo-ambitions-to-iron-maidens-pophouse-deal-its-mbws-weekly-round-up/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Apple Music raised subscription prices worldwide for the first time since 2022.
- Suno hired for IPO readiness; hacked code showed unauthorised scraping of rivals.
- Sony Music Publishing closed a $3.5–4bn Recognition Music Group catalogue deal.

## Summary

Music Business Worldwide's weekly round-up for 17 July 2026 covers five major stories in the music industry, led by Apple Music's first subscription price increase since October 2022. The rise reflects broader pressure from increasing music licensing costs, and comes alongside significant developments in AI music, catalogue acquisitions and artist rights deals that highlight the sector's shifting commercial landscape.

Apple raised its Individual plan from $10.99 to $11.99 monthly in the US, with Family and Student tiers also increasing, citing rising licensing costs. AI company Suno posted a job listing suggesting it is preparing for a stock market flotation, even as a separate report revealed hacked source code showing the firm had scraped YouTube Music, Deezer and Genius to train its models, with customer data also reportedly exposed. Sony Music Publishing completed its acquisition of Recognition Music Group's catalogue, a deal valued at $3.5–4 billion, while Pophouse Entertainment acquired a stake in Iron Maiden's catalogue along with the band's name, image and likeness rights.

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