Song Biz, May 2026: What's Going On This Month?

Tina Turner’s Pophouse Sweden-based investment firm Pophouse Entertainment (co-founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus) acquires majority stake in Tina Turner’s catalog—including name, image, likeness—in a deal with BMG (following BMG’s purchase of Turner’s artist/writer/neighboring/name/likeness in 2021). Landmark Piracy Ruling The US Supreme Court has unanimously sided with Cox Communication in a landmark music piracy case presented by a group of record labels. The ruling claims that Cox cannot be held responsible for music piracy committed by its subscribers and that Cox neither induced its users’ infringement, nor provided a service tailored to infringement. The ruling follows a $1 billion jury […] The post Song Biz, May 2026: What's Going On This Month? first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.