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...
Analysis News From TikTok Music’s shutdown to Atlantic Music Group’s new leadership team… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis Universal Music Group just completed the $70m acquisition of Thailand’s second-biggest recorded music catalog… while suggesting many more M&A deals in ‘high-potential’ markets are on the way. Why Universal has hundreds of millions of dollars of cash to spend in these markets – and where it might splash that money
Analysis News From Global Music Rights’ $3.3bn valuation to the Miley Cyrus copyright lawsuit… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News France’s recorded music market generated $450m in H1, as paid subscription revenues grow 11.3% YoY Sixteen of the top 20 albums in France in H1 2024 were domestically produced
Analysis News Sweeping changes at Atlantic as label group prepares for ‘new day’ under Elliot Grainge Is this the clearest indictor yet that Elliot Grainge is set to transform the label's strategy?
Analysis News Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s Universal Music Capital Markets day opening address in full: ‘Streaming will continue to propel many years of industry growth.’ Superfandom, quantum leaps, and fundemental facts...