News UK music licensing company PPL paid out a record £98m to musicians and recorded music rightsholders in June PPL's quarterly payment of £98m marked a 37% YoY rise
Analysis News Spotify had 44.4m US subscribers in February, Apple Music had 32.6m, according to new data Stats were revealed at the NMPA annual meeting on June 14
News From Logic’s eight-figure catalog deal to SoundCloud tackling the ‘Zero Plays problem’… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The headlines from the past week you can't afford to miss...
Analysis News Meet Ripple: TikTok parent’s new AI-powered music-making app that can turn a hummed melody into a song ByteDance's free-to-use music production app features: a 'Melody to Song' generator and a virtual recording studio
News Logic sells catalog to Influence Media Partners in eight-figure deal Company says the deal spans 185 titles
News Kool & The Gang’s George Brown strikes ‘multi-million-dollar’ catalog deal with Primary Wave Band has sold over 70m albums
News $500m-backed Litmus Music acquires music rights from Benny Blanco Litmus was launched by music industry veterans Hank Forsyth and Dan McCarroll with Carlyle Global Credit
News Warner to fund Web3 music projects via new accelerator in partnership with Polygon Labs Accelerator aims to power 'the next generation of innovation at the intersection of Web3 and music'
News Adele’s agent Lucy Dickins to receive this year’s Music Industry Trusts Award in London Dickins also represents Mumford & Sons, Stormzy SAULT, Cleo Sol, Little Simz, James Blake, Jamie T and more
Analysis News Snafu launches AI-powered ‘Snafu Song Fund’ financing for indie artists backed by $7m round led by Pophouse Entertainment New funding round also saw participation from music manager Marc Jordan through his investment fund Blue Amber Investments
News Tommy Mottola and Lex Borrero acquire marketing firm Arro Media, launch AM16 AGENCY Arro Media was founded by Cristina Arcay
News Viberate launches Independent Artist platform offering distribution and advances up to $1m Music data company Viberate has expanded its services with a new platform for independent musicians
News Joe Cocker estate strikes catalog deal with Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group 'We are honored to work with Joe’s family and be the custodians of his powerful body of work,' said Iconic President, Jimmy Edwards
News PULSE Music Group launches PULSE Records with Concord Label will be part of Concord Label Group and distributed through Universal Music Group
News Tina Davis promoted to President at EMPIRE Davis was previously EMPIRE’s Senior Vice President of A&R