News Amazon Music streaming prices to rise in US, UK, Canada Updated pricing will come into effect from May 5, 2022
News Spotify’s Eminem publisher dispute continues, as US judge orders Daniel Ek deposition Deposition can be made by remote means for a maximum of three hours
News Bob Dylan wins lawsuit seeking cut of multi-million dollar catalog sale to Universal "Nothing submitted by plaintiffs concerning music industry custom and practice supports a reading otherwise, or even suggests an ambiguity in the relevant contractual language."
News Universal launches Blue Note Records Africa to sign jazz artists from across the African continent Imprint will launch this Spring with the release of South African pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini’s new album
News After previously being exclusively available on Deezer in MENA, Warner-backed Rotana Music signs strategic partnership with Anghami Warner Music Group bought a minority stake in Rotana Music in February last year
News The Weeknd-backed personalized song creation firm, Songfinch closes $5m seed round Songfinch reports to have paid out more than $5m to independent artists to date
News Ed Sheeran wins copyright lawsuit in the UK 'Coincidence is bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released everyday on Spotify,' says Sheeran
News Marc Geiger’s SaveLive has raised $135m from investors including Shamrock Capital Investors include Breyer Capital, Deep Field Asset Management, Raptor Group, and Shamrock Capital
News Rob Wells-led music tech startup ORFIUM acquires Japan-based content company Breaker INC Breaker's board of directors includes Shigeo Maruyama, ex-CEO of Sony Music Japan
News As vinyl sales soar, European pressing plant Record Industry and Bertus Distribution join forces The combined entity says that its pressing capacity will be "practically doubled" to around 25 million units per year
News Concord turned down a buyout offer of $5 billion, suggest Bloomberg sources Concord is majority owned by Michigan Retirement Systems
News From Universal’s unrecouped balance program to BMG’s $784m revenues: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News Confirmed: Universal IS disregarding unrecouped balances for heritage artists UMG launches 'worldwide goodwill program for certain legacy featured recording artists and songwriters'
News Universal Music Publishing Group strikes strategic alliance with podcast studio Audio Up Additionally, UMPG signed an exclusive, global publishing agreement with songwriter, producer and Audio Up CEO, "Jingle Jared" Gutstadt.
Analysis News An MBW reader just blew open the Spotify fake artists story. Here’s what they have to say. This is an email you're gonna want to read