Analysis News Global recorded music revenues grew 9.8% YoY to $35.1bn in 2023, says MIDiA ResearchMIDiA estimates that streaming revenues reached $21.9bn in 2023
Analysis Blog Soundful founder and CEO Diaa El All: ‘There is a way to create disruptive technological advances in AI while keeping the integrity of artists’ rights at the forefront.’Soundful founder and CEO Diaa El All shares his thoughts around copyright issues related to AI music
Analysis News From Universal’s TikTok takedowns to Deezer’s 26m deleted tracks… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis Down The Skibidi Toilet: Why Universal Music Group’s ‘Project Timeout’ is hitting TikTok with endless copyright takedown requestsThere is a lot to explain here....
Analysis News Record companies are better placed than streaming platforms to monetize superfans… and 3 other things Robert Kyncl said in his new Q&AWarner Music Group’s CEO has some “radical” ideas on how to change how streaming services pay music rights holders
Analysis News Recorded music trade revenues in the UK grew 8.1% YoY to $1.77bn last yearThe UK is the world's third largest recorded music market behind the United States and Japan, respectively
Analysis Blog On… the value of ‘storytelling’ in the marketplace of ideasThe following op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist, Eamonn Forde
Analysis News Believe generated $952.7m in annual revenues last year, up 15.7% YoYThe company’s full-year financial results were published on Wednesday, March 13
Analysis News As landmark AI Act passes EU parliament vote, rightsholders urge ‘meaningful and effective’ enforcement of copyrightSome legal analysts say the law contains ambiguities on the issue of copyrighted materials being used to train AI
Analysis News TikTok’s parent ByteDance has locked down AI-music patents in the US – as its researchers develop a model trained on 257,000 hours of songsTikTok's AI music ambitions are bigger than you think...
Analysis News Global consumption of music from India soared 2,000% in 5 years on SpotifySpotify has been operating in India for five years
Analysis Warner Music Group and Denis Ladegaillerie’s tussle over buying Believe is hotting up – as France’s SEC equivalent gets dragged into the drama.Believe's board is turning to France's equivalent of the SEC to decide whether Denis Ladegaillerie's actions are approved or otherwise
Analysis News Germany’s recorded music business generated $2.4 billion in 2023, up 6.3% YoYGerman Music Industry Association (BVMI) has published the FY 2023 stats for Germany's recorded music market
Analysis Blog Music streaming today is like an all-you-can-eat buffet. How much could artists earn with a ‘free market’ model?The following op/ed comes from Roneil Rumburg, Co-Founder and CEO of blockchain-powered music platform Audius
Analysis News From Warner’s potential bid for Believe to the unveiling of Interscope Capitol Labels Group… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…