News Ari Gelaw promoted to SVP, Creative A&R at Sony Music Publishing Gelaw will remain based in the company's Los Angeles office, reporting to SMP President, Head of US A&R Katie Welle.
News Snapchat now lets users share and save Spotify songs via Snap Map, used by 450m people a month Social media platform Snap has launched Now Playing on Snap Map, a feature that lets Snapchat users share the music they are listening to
News Patreon lays off 20% of its staff in biggest round of cuts in its history CEO Jack Conte said Patreon's core business was "healthy and strong", but that the platform was restructuring to adapt faster to a shifting market.
Analysis Why AI is sampling – and how that will affect the future The following MBW op/ed comes from Deborah Mannis-Gardner, Owner/President of DMG Clearances, Inc.
News UK recorded music exports hit record $1.05B in 2025, up just 0.8% YoY 2025 was the first time the annual total had surpassed £800M, which converts to USD $1.05B
News Indonesia scraps song and music copyright registration fee to build a national music database The change applies only to songs and music, while registration fees for other categories of creative work are unchanged.
News Qobuz rolls out real-time synced lyrics to all subscribers Qobuz's redesigned player carries visuals that shift with a track's album artwork and keeps a mini-player on screen while users navigate the app.
News As GEMA awaits its Suno copyright verdict, the German collecting society launches ‘PLAI’ – a fully licensed dataset for training AI music tools AI music transcription company Klangio is the dataset's first customer.
News From 90,000 AI tracks hitting Deezer daily to Suno’s user data breach… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Providence set to fully acquire Casey Wasserman’s THE•TEAM, valuing agency at $3.4B (report) The private-equity firm already owns around 60% of the business and is set to buy out founder Casey Wasserman's remaining stake.
Interviews Move Concerts CEO Phil Rodriguez: ‘I’m bullish about our business. Music and sports are the last tribal experiences.’ MBW's World Leaders series meets Phil Rodriguez, founder and CEO of Latin America-focused Move Concerts
News Live Nation launches Roblox game that lets players build their own festivals, with CORTIS as the first featured artist The game has already drawn more than 3.5m visits and generated more than 23m in-game performances.
News Ben McOwen Wilson named new CEO of the UK’s PRS for Music Google and YouTube executive to join the UK collection society on October 12
News Andy Burnham, the UK’s new Prime Minister, cuts business rates by 20% for live music venues, pubs and clubs in England The cut will apply to nearly 32,000 businesses, with the typical pub estimated to save £1,100 (around USD $1,475) in the next financial year.
News Music publishers file amended lyrics lawsuit against Anthropic – just as AI firm’s separate $1.5B settlement with authors wins court approval The latest filing draws heavily on Anthropic's internal records, obtained through discovery, to support claims the publishers first brought in October 2023.
News Universal hires Tseyin Foo as President, Global Supply Chain to ‘strengthen the global capabilities powering UMG’s next phase of growth’ Former Skechers and Nike exec will be based in Los Angeles
News India’s Tips Music grew revenues 21% in calendar Q2 – but profit fell 4% as content spend jumped 90% Spending on music acquisitions pulled Tips' operating EBITDA margin down to 50.3%, from 64.2% a year earlier and 74.0% in the preceding quarter.
News Sony Music Publishing acquires Monty Norman Limited, from the estate of late James Bond Theme composer He was the credited composer of the James Bond Theme, first heard in the 1962 film Dr. No.