Analysis Why was Sony Music willing to pay megabucks for Queen and Pink Floyd’s catalogs? MBW glances over some of the key factors in Sony's willingness to spend over $2 billion on three recent catalog deals
Analysis As music industry attention shifts to ‘superfans’, let’s not forget who the experts are – retailers. Kim Bayley, head of the UK's Entertainment Retailers' Association, on streaming, superfans, and music rights companies
Analysis News From UMG’s [PIAS] buyout to Concord’s $217m Daddy Yankee deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis On… TikTok, Merlin, and the awkward arranged marriage of music’s independent sector How the changing face of the 'non-major' music companies has made for some unusual bedfellows in indie-land
Analysis News Concord acquires mystery Latin Music catalog for $217m, after raising $850m in latest asset backed securities transaction Concord catalog now worth more than USD $5 billion, according to Kroll report
Analysis News From UMG’s lawsuit against Chili’s to Ticketmaster’s bot problem… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News Rob Stringer talks Queen, Michael Jackson, and Pink Floyd deals – plus TikTok – at Bloomberg event Stringer spoke to Lucas Shaw at Bloomberg's event in Los Angeles on Thursday
Analysis News Ticketmaster hit by ‘billions’ of bots in Oasis ticket sale, and 3 other things Michael Rapino said at Bloomberg’s Screentime event The Live Nation CEO criticized scalpers saying there shouldn't be "a middleman that has nothing invested in the business making any money from it."
Analysis News Latin Music generated $685m in US recorded music revenues in the first half of 2024 – up 7% YoY The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has published its mid-year 2024 Latin Music Revenue Report
Analysis News ‘Works for hire’? Jury trial to decide if 2 Live Crew’s members, heirs have any right to its music 2 Live Crew's members and their heirs are fighting to take back the recording copyrights on the 1980s rap band's music
Analysis News Tencent Music is ‘strategically deploying advanced AI tools’ to crack down on infringement amid the rise of AI-generated content Company's ESG report provides details on how it tackles copyright infringement amid the rise of AI-generated music
Analysis News The Kid LAROI is the latest superstar artist to join HYBE’s Weverse fan platform The HYBE-owned fan platform continues to expand its roster of non-K-pop acts
Analysis On… Irving Azoff, big money, and private equity’s lust for music’s collection societies MBW founder Tim Ingham on the most talked-about music biz story of the past few weeks
Analysis The UK ‘hit’ music industry is becoming an import market for US stars. MBW founder Tim Ingham discusses the paucity of British artists making waves in the UK's own charts in 2024
Analysis News TikTok Music is over. But elsewhere, TikTok is making some interesting music-related moves… Here are three interesting things MBW has spotted about TikTok's music moves in recent weeks...