News As Live Nation stares down antitrust suit, here’s what CEO Michael Rapino says is the real ‘secret sauce’ for Ticketmaster’s success Rapino says Ticketmaster's success stems simply from having built a better product.
News UMG India launches Vedam Records, a wellness music label alongside Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej Vedam is embarking on a "transformative journey" to improve the accessibility and effectiveness of wellness music
Analysis News Who owns K-pop giant HYBE? HYBE founder Bang Si-hyuk remains the largest shareholder, but Scooter Braun and BTS own a significant chunk as well
News Local artists absolutely dominate EU charts, but Europe falling behind on music exports: IFPI In the 22 EU markets tracked yearly by IFPI, 60% of the Top 10 tracks were by domestic artists, compared to 47% in non-EU markets
News Audius strikes global licensing deal with Kobalt The deal gives Kobalt-signed songwriters access to Audius’ blockchain-powered marketplace
News Universal, Concord and ABKCO slam Anthropic’s motion to dismiss, say AI company is trying to ‘stall’ copyright case Lawyers for UMPG, Concord and ABKCO called Anthropic's motion to dismiss a "delaying" tactic
Analysis News From the Oasis ‘dynamic pricing’ controversy to Spotify’s Eminem lawsuit victory… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Live Nation CFO doesn’t expect DOJ antitrust battle to cause any ‘major changes to how we operate…’ and 3 other things we learned from Joe Berchtold’s Bank of America Q&A “I expect we're going to prevail," Live Nation CFO said
News Primary Wave strikes ‘multi-million-dollar’ publishing deal with estate of The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek Ocasek sold more than 20 million albums as part of The Cars
News YouTube is developing tools to detect AI-generated voices and faces in videos YouTube’s move is part of a growing effort by media platforms to rein in misuse of AI technology
News UK live music’s contribution to economy soars 35% above pre-pandemic levels, despite crisis among small venues, says new report The value of the UK's live music sector in 2023 exceeded £6 billion (USD $7.46bn) for the first time
Analysis News Who owns Spotify in 2024? Co-founders Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon continue to dominate as shareholders of Spotify.
Analysis News Spotify just won a long-running lawsuit over streaming of Eminem’s catalog – despite the court finding it didn’t have a license for the music. What does this mean for publishers? A long-running legal battle between Eminem's publisher, Spotify and Kobalt holds lessons for the music business
Analysis News From the RIAA’s H1 US recorded music market stats to UMG’s stock upgrade… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Tech startup Miris raises $26m to enable streaming of AR, VR content – could music be involved? The company's seed funding round was led by IAG Capital Partners, one of the backers of music financing platform beatBread