News Bandcamp Fridays hit $154m in payouts since 2020, with $19m paid in 2025 alone The latest figure represents a $31 million increase from the $123 million Bandcamp reported in May 2024.
News PRS for Music and IPRS strike licensing deal for Apple Fitness+ India launch IPRS will license the service in India while PRS for Music will handle processing, matching reported music usage with registered works and distributing royalties.
News TikTok signs deal with Oracle consortium for US business The ByteDance-owned platform has signed a joint venture agreement with Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi's MGX that is set to finalize on December 22.
News Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch 2026: LaBlackie, ROA, Luz Gaggi, RNBOI The last four new names from Vevo’s annual DSCVR Artists to Watch list
Analysis News From YouTube pulling its data from Billboard’s charts to HYBE’s new partnership with Tyla’s managers… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News PPL’s royalty distributions jump 19.9% to $72.8M in final quarter of 2025 The recorded music royalties collection society says it's seeing strong collections coming from abroad
News UMG and Roblox strike deal to expand commercial opportunities for artists on the gaming platform – including merch sales via Shopify Deal includes the integration of commercial features designed to 'drive increased engagement and revenue for artists and labels'
News UMG and Splice team up to collaborate on ‘next generation’ AI music creation tools Companies claim to be 'building a roadmap for development of commercial AI tools rooted in creative control and sonic excellence'
News Indie music publishers saw revenues grow 5.1% to $2.9bn in 2024: IMPF The IMPF is raising the alarm about the risk of AI to songwriters' and music publishers' income
News Create Music Group acquires UK dance label Cr2 The deal brings Cr2 Records, MBMB Publishing, and music education platform Sample Tools by Cr2 under CMG’s ownership.
News Trump administration threatens Spotify, other EU firms over ‘discriminatory’ EU enforcement action The Office of the US Trade Representative warned it may impose fees and restrictions on European tech companies operating in the US.
News AEG reports 19% jump in shows at London’s O2 Arena to record 239 in 2025; ticket sales up 11.4% The venue set a new attendance record when Radiohead drew 22,355 fans during a four-night run
News Billboard just made ‘free’ streams worth more on its US charts. YouTube is still not happy – and is pulling its data. Paid streams will still be weighted more favorably than ad-supported plays on Billboard's chartd, but by a smaller margin than before.
Analysis News Global value of music copyright reached $47.2 billion in 2024, says new Will Page report New report from economist Will Page explores the global value of music copyright
News BMG renews, expands global publishing deal with TikTok The expanded deal includes enhanced reporting and attribution standards for digital platforms