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Tencent Music is using AI to create viral content… and three other things we learned on the company’s Q3 earnings call

The music streaming operator is working to differentiate its services amid a long-running slump in monthly active users

TikTok’s SoundOn is signing artists… and battling labels on the charts.

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Spotify cruises past quarter-of-a-billion subscribers, as it eyes $1.5bn annual operating profit in 2024

Spotify’s global Premium Subscriber base grew to 252m paying users in Q3

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Michael Rapino talks superfans, the secondary ticketing market and more on Live Nation’s Q3 earnings call

The live events company is also 'hopeful' about its antitrust fight under a Donald Trump administration

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OpenAI just won a copyright battle brought by two news outlets. What could this mean for the music industry’s lawsuits against AI firms?

Some observers say the ruling weakens music companies' claims against AI developers, but the OpenAI case is very different from the music cases

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Over 8% of Tencent Music’s subscribers are ‘Super VIP’. That’s 10m users paying 5x the standard subscription price

TME added 2 million net subscribers in Q3 compared to the prior quarter (Q2)

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Blackstone’s Hipgnosis closes $1.47bn asset-backed securities transaction

ABS deal is backed by royalties from the 45,000-song portfolio acquired in July from Hipgnosis Songs Fund‘s then-public shareholders

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From Ed Sheeran’s speech to UMG vs. TuneCore… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

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HYBE wants to change fan culture in US, Latin music, and 4 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call

Fun fact: Less than a third of HYBE's recorded music revenue comes from streaming

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‘We put a lot of time and pressure on ourselves to make our social media the best it can be, but at the end of the day, it’s a vanity project.’

The following is an extract from Sound Advice, a health-focused career guide for artists written by MBW Contributing Editor Rhian Jones and performance health and psychology coach Lucy Heyman

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On… Making success possible for music creators in the 21st century

This MBW Views op/ed comes from Tony Barton, Director of Writer Relations at PRS For Music

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Sir Lucian Grainge talks acquisition strategy, AI and converting paid streaming subscribers to superfans on Universal’s Q3 earnings call

UMG published its Q3 financial results on October 31. Here's what was said on the company's Q3 earnings call...

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Tencent Music is using AI to create viral content… and three other things we learned on the company’s Q3 earnings call

TikTok’s SoundOn is signing artists… and battling labels on the charts.

Spotify cruises past quarter-of-a-billion subscribers, as it eyes $1.5bn annual operating profit in 2024

Michael Rapino talks superfans, the secondary ticketing market and more on Live Nation’s Q3 earnings call

OpenAI just won a copyright battle brought by two news outlets. What could this mean for the music industry’s lawsuits against AI firms?

Over 8% of Tencent Music’s subscribers are ‘Super VIP’. That’s 10m users paying 5x the standard subscription price

Blackstone’s Hipgnosis closes $1.47bn asset-backed securities transaction

From Ed Sheeran’s speech to UMG vs. TuneCore… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

HYBE wants to change fan culture in US, Latin music, and 4 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call

‘We put a lot of time and pressure on ourselves to make our social media the best it can be, but at the end of the day, it’s a vanity project.’

On… Making success possible for music creators in the 21st century

Sir Lucian Grainge talks acquisition strategy, AI and converting paid streaming subscribers to superfans on Universal’s Q3 earnings call

From Ed Sheeran’s copyright appeal win to the asset-backed securities boom… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

Whether it’s Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, the music business has something to fear from the US election.

Deezer reports 11% revenue growth for calendar Q3