News Concord buys portion of song catalog of ‘Hey There Delilah’ writer and Plain White T’s frontman, Tom Higgenson 'Hey There Delilah' has been streamed over 960 million times on Spotify alone
News BMG to represent ‘entire publishing catalog’ of Grammy Award-winning UK electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers Duo’s first seven albums to move to BMG
Interviews ‘Dolby Atmos is not just a gimmick. Music in 3D has the potential to replace Stereo.’ Matthias Stalter, founder and CEO of Spatial Audio production company ThreeDee Music, gives us his predictions for the Spatial Audio business, and explains how ThreeDee Music is situated in the sector…
News AI a threat to music? Try telling that to this artist from Costa Rica – who’s just recreated his late father’s voice on a new track Costa Rican artist Pedro Capmany used AI to record a duet with his late father, the legendary rock singer, José Capmany
News Elon Musk’s X files motion to dismiss music publishers’ $250m+ copyright lawsuit; NMPA says platform has ‘consistently failed’ to stop ‘rampant piracy’ on its platform Twitter / X has filed a motion to dismiss the complaint 'in its entirety'
News Hans Zimmer acquires London’s iconic Maida Vale studios from the BBC Studio has seen the likes of David Bowie, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Dusty Springfield record in the building
News BMG ups interest in Eurodance stars SNAP! via acquisition of the writer’s share of royalties of the group’s Michael Münzing BMG acquired the SNAP! recorded music catalogue in 2018
News From the 3 majors’ joint $12.99bn in H1 to HYBE’s $100m+ deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up Five of the biggest headlines on MBW this week...
News Warner Records launches Defiant Records joint venture with Steve ‘Steve-O’ Carless Carless was named President of A&R at Warner Records in September 2021
Interviews ‘Generative AI is set to revolutionize the music business.’ MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Daouda Leonard, manager of Grimes and founder of Los Angeles-based AI development studio CreateSafe
News French Montana inks global partnership with Larry Jackson’s $1bn-backed gamma Partnership coincides with French Montana's new single 'Good Summer'
News Sony Music Publishing strikes global deal with India-based record label Big Bang Music Deal covers administration, sync, and catalog promotion
Analysis News Local artists’ market share is rising on music services, and 3 other things we learned from Denis Ladegaillerie on Believe’s latest earnings call Paris-headquartered music company published its financial results for the first half of 2023 on Wednesday (August 2)
News Iconoclast acquires producer royalties of legendary composer and disco icon Giorgio Moroder Olivier Chastan’s acquisition vehicle Iconoclast has acquired again
Analysis News India’s Tips Industries generated $6.4m in calendar Q2, up 54% YoY – the company’s best-ever quarterly results Another major highlight from the company's quarter was its YouTube subscriber growth and view count