Analysis Peloton paid the record industry more than TikTok last year, says Goldman Sachs (and 3 more revelations from financial giant’s latest ‘Music In The Air’ paper) MBW combs through the latest iteration of one of music's most influential financial reports
Interviews Instrumental invites independent labels to join its AI-powered ‘Label Builder’ program – with guaranteed 20% streaming revenue growth Conrad Withey and team explain Instrumental's confidence in promising indie label clients a revenue uplift from streaming
Analysis Taylor Swift’s ‘Taylor’s Version’ re-records may be exceeding even her high expectations MBW crunches the latest streaming figures for Swift's catalog, and mulls what it means for her masterplan
Analysis Universal is spending $50 million to boost its market share in Thailand. Expect more M&A activity in Asia to follow. The majority-acquisition of RS Group in Thailand may indicate that more M&A swoops are on the way from Universal
Analysis The 3 major music companies employed over 27,000 people between them last year – up by 6,660 on 2017 MBW digs into the filings of the Big Three to reveal how many people were employed by their organizations in 2022
News Geoff Taylor joins Sony Music as EVP, Artificial Intelligence Former BPI boss will focus on one of the global industry's biggest priority talking points
Analysis News Exclusive: Scooter Braun wanted to sell Taylor Swift her masters. What happened? If you were gripped by MBW's investigation into this saga last week... buckle up
News BMG acquires Paul Simon royalty streams from Simon & Garfunkel recordings in ‘significant transaction’ Deal does not cover Simon's work as a solo artist
Analysis News The US recorded music industry grew by $500m on a wholesale basis in 2022. The US music publishing industry grew by nearly double that amount. Boosted by CRB result and record performance income, the US music publishing industry flew last year
Analysis Reliving the Taylor Swift catalog sale saga (and following the money…) MBW uncovers exclusive facts about the buying and selling of the catalog of the world's biggest megastar
Analysis Why a $1 billion deal for Queen’s catalog is possible – and what CNN and The Daily Mail got drastically wrong A deeper dive into what could become the biggest music catalog deal of all time
News Firebird confirms investments in Mick Management, Lex Borrero’s Ntertain, Defected, more Nat Zilkha says Firebird has access to $1 billion in capital, has spent hundreds of millions of dollars
Interviews TikTok is under fire from some of music’s most powerful players. Its global music boss says the future’s bright – and answers some tough questions. Ole Obermann sits down with MBW to talk payouts, Resso, and that Australia experiment
News Queen music catalog could be sold this year for over $1 billion, say MBW sources Major music companies including Universal Music Group have been in discussions for the acquisition, we're told, in addition to players from the world of private equity
News SoundCloud, chasing profitability, cuts another 8% of employee headcount The news was confirmed today (May 23) in an internal memo to staff from SoundCloud CEO, Eliah Seton, obtained by MBW