Analysis News Songs are reaching 1bn Spotify streams 14x faster than a decade ago, and other stats from Chartmetric’s 2025 Year in Music report The report highlights several notable shifts shaping the music economy.
News Music collectibles platform Wax Poetics closes $1m funding round Investors include music executives Perry Chen (Kickstarter), Nadav Poraz (WhoSampled), and Nikhil Shah (Mixcloud).
News SM Entertainment revenues grew 16.6% to record $219m in Q4, driven by concerts and merch The company is home to K-pop acts such as NCT DREAM, aespa, RIIZE, and NCT WISH.
Analysis News HYBE says Weverse hit 12m monthly users last year – and that it’s turning casual fans into superfans The milestone was published in Weverse's new 2025 Fandom Trend Report.
News California and New York lawmakers propose caps on ‘Out-Of-Control’ ticket resale prices Lawmakers in California and New York have proposed new measures to curb large-scale profiteering.
News Create Music Group strikes $300M investment in Nettwerk Music Group, as Canadian firm executes management buyout The investment will allow the Nettwerk management team to increase its ownership stake while enabling the company to retain its "identity and independence".
News From Warner and Sony’s Q4 results to DistroKid’s potential $2B sale… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News K-pop industry eyes royalties boost as China’s copyright body signs deals with Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Music Komca says the deals address "structural problems" that had hindered royalty collection in China.
News ElevenLabs, creator of Suno rival Eleven Music, raises $500m at $11bn valuation The latest round was led by Sequoia Capital, with partner Andrew Reed joining the ElevenLabs board.
News Xania Monet manager launches ‘multi-million-dollar’ JV with Create Music Group Romel Murphy forming 'hybrid AI and traditional' label and management firm dai + drm
News RCA revives JIVE Records with Mike Weiss and David Melhado as co-Presidents The label is returning with "a mission to honor its legacy while reimagining it for today’s music landscape".
News K-pop giant JYP’s China unit and CJ ENM strike joint venture with Tencent Music ONECEAD aims to build artist businesses that "resonate both regionally and globally".
News Spotify to open Istanbul office, names Akshat Harbola as Managing Director for MENA and Türkiye Harbola says that Türkiye as a “priority market” for the streaming giant.
News Edwin Schröter promoted to CEO at [PIAS], as co-founder Kenny Gates becomes Executive Chairman Schröter has been with [PIAS] for more than 25 years and was previously Group Managing Director.
News Marion Gargula and Laurent Pernin promoted to co-General Managers at BMG France The duo have also been elevated to Vice Presidents at the company.