Analysis News From Sony Music’s mystery Queen catalog co-investor to UMG’s neural beats patent application… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place
Analysis We’ve got to rethink music festivals. Economist Will Page analyses the UK's festival landscape – with over 50 cancellations so far this year...
Analysis Blog Why Daniel Ek’s celebration of local artists is really anti-‘streaming tax’ spin MBW founder Tim Ingham on the real motivations behind the Spotify founder's LinkedIn applause for local artists in various nations
Analysis News Record companies tell MBW: Nope, the industry isn’t losing paying subscribers in Sweden Record companies left bemused by YouGov findings, as MBW reveals their internal data in key market
Analysis News TikTok’s parent company has filed a US patent application for a device that plays music Filing suggests that ByteDance may have considered the market power of an iPod-like device
Analysis News From the majors’ AI lawsuit to Believe’s big acquisition plans… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis A warning sign? Sweden has fewer paying music subscribers than it did 2 years ago, according to YouGov survey. New report suggests that Swedish consumers are potentially becoming more price-sensitive for streaming music
Analysis How the major labels plan to cost Suno and Udio billions (and why it all rests on Michael Bublé) The AI music companies' business model "threatens to eliminate the existing market for licensing sound recordings"
Analysis News From TikTok’s music investment team to Sony’s reported Queen catalog acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis Blog The Music Business Has A Stealing Problem. Again. The following op/ed comes from tech entrepreneur and music veteran Shara Senderoff Shara Senderoff, Co-Founder & CEO of Jen
Analysis News TikTok is forming an investment team to acquire music content and companies ByteDance-owned platform is looking for execs with experience at investment banks, management consulting firms, or private equity firms
Analysis News What would happen if Spotify started charging a ‘modest fee’ for its ad-funded tier… or shut it down entirely? Music Business Worldwide runs the hypothetical numbers following Rob Stringer's suggestion of a modest fee on Spotify's ad tier
Analysis News Amapiano streams exploded by 5,668% on Spotify between 2018 and 2023 Spotify credits pandemic lockdowns for the sudden success of this South African musical genre
Analysis News From Robert Kyncl’s NMPA keynote to music publishers’ FTC complaint against Spotify… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis News Robert Kyncl turns up heat on PRO metadata matching, and other things we learned from his NMPA keynote in New York Warner boss was grilled by NMPA chief, David Israelite, at New York event this week