Analysis News SM Entertainment revenues rose 9% to $196m in Q4; K-Pop firm retires $27.8m worth of its own shares Japan proved to be a particular strong market for SM in the latest quarter, as the company celebrates its 30th anniversary this year
News US Copyright Office launches inquiry into performance rights organizations The USCO has set a deadline of April 11, 2025 for written submissions for its inquiry into PROs
Analysis News From Warner’s Spotify and Amazon deals to Sir Lucian Grainge’s 2025 memo… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News UK court rejects Sony’s bid to throw out case over ownership of Jimi Hendrix’s music The estates of Jimi Hendrix Experience bandmembers Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell are suing for copyright infringement
News Bill requiring ‘all-in’ ticket pricing moves ahead in US Senate The TICKET Act would also ban 'speculative' ticket sales, in which resellers sell a ticket they have yet to purchase
News FireAid concerts drew 50m viewers, raised $100m for wildfire relief efforts The money will be used for immediate and long-term recovery needs as California picks up the pieces from the recent wildfires
News Reservoir raises full-year guidance again as revenue jumps 19% to $42.3m in calendar Q4 Price hikes and subscriber growth at streaming services sent Reservoir's revenue up by double digits in the company's fiscal Q3
News TuneCore says that tracks within its ‘Accelerator’ platform clocked 21bn streams in 2024, as number of artists on the program nears 450,000 "Artists across all genres are seeing their stream numbers skyrocket," TuneCore says in its latest report on the Accelerator program
News Virgin Music Group expands presence in Africa, partnering with Ghana-based services company RainLabs The partnership's goal is to ensure that the music of African artists “reaches global audiences and achieves lasting success"
News NMPA hits Spotify with ‘extensive’ takedown action over alleged unlicensed songs in podcasts The publishers' group says Spotify has known 'for years' about widespread violations of music copyrights on the podcasts it hosts
News US court says copyright termination applies globally, potentially causing ‘chaos’ for rightsholders "While the plaintiffs’ arguments are clever, it’s unlikely they’ll ultimately hold up"
News TikTok rival Triller secures $50m in equity funding Funding round was secured through a private placement with institutional investors
Analysis News From Spotify’s $10bn music industry payout to Concord’s Johnny McDaid catalog acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News Can AI-generated content be copyrighted? Here’s what a new report from the US Copyright Office says… A work that combines human creativity with AI can be copyrighted, so long as there is a “sufficient” amount of human expression
News Universal asks Texas court to dismiss Drake petition over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ UMG called Drake's petition “an apparent effort to pressure" UMG and others "to limit the distribution" of Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us'