Analysis News From Warner’s Crumbl copyright lawsuit to the EU’s Downtown deal probe… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News Tencent Music lets musicians generate AI tracks and send them directly to streaming app QQ Music TME's ESG report explains how the firm's AI capabilities have been expanded across the business
Analysis ‘Any proposal to soften the UK’s position on copyright is taking away an artist’s right to build a sustainable career out of their work.’ The following MBW op/ed comes from Camilla Waite, General Counsel, PPL.
Analysis Why Universal Music Group will be allowed to buy Downtown. MBW founder Tim Ingham assesses likelihood of Universal completing its proposed $775 million acquisition
Analysis News From Deezer’s fight against AI music to Charles Goldstuck’s $500m raise… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis ASCAP, BMI, GMR, and SESAC have their say in US Copyright Office’s PRO inquiry… The four biggest PROs in the United States just filed with the Copyright Office. Here's what they said.
Analysis Ruth Barlow of AIM and Beggars Group on UMG, Downtown and why she believes ‘regulators must act’ This MBW op/ed comes from Ruth Barlow, Chair of the UK's AIM, and Director of Live Licensing at Beggars Group
Analysis Sony, Warner Chappell, Concord, Reservoir urge less regulation of PROs in responses to US Copyright Office inquiry All companies have argued strongly for reduced regulation in the sector
Analysis News From Warner’s superfan app to Create buying !K7… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis Five reasons why sync is still stuck in the last century… The following MBW op/ed comes from Tom Stingemore, the founder of sync data platform, ALLOY
Analysis On… OpenAI, Bain Capital, Daniel Ek, and reasons to be cheerful Tim Ingham's latest Review, exclusively sent to MBW+ subscribers
Analysis News From Pophouse’s $1.3bn music rights fund to Morrissey’s legal action… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News Tony Blair’s institute just published an AI report calling for the UK to rip up copyright law. Here’s what it says… The report is titled Rebooting Copyright: How the UK Can Be a Global Leader in the Arts and AI
Analysis News Latin Music’s US revenues hit $1.42 billion in 2024, up 5.8% YoY Latin Music revenues accounted for 8.1% of total recorded music revenue in the US last year
Analysis 5 million songs and $288m spent on catalogs: 8 Things We Learned from Universal Music Group’s 2024 Annual Report From the balance of catalog and frontline to granular financial details, MBW wades through a treasure trove of data