https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/bmg-concord-combination-independent-heavyweight https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/bmg-concord-combination-independent-heavyweight BMG and Concord completed their combination on 1 Sep 2026, creating a company with more than four million works, $2.2 billion in pro forma revenue and a target to grow profit far faster than sales. For artists and songwriters, scale may bring investment, but it also removes one of the few large buyers that wasn't a major. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industrypublishingcataloguesconsolidationbmgconcord