Analysis News PRS for Music paid out a record $1.2bn to songwriters, composers and music publishers last year Total royalty distributions increased by 12.8% YoY
Analysis News From Spotify’s battle with music publishers to the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis News Spotify’s battle with songwriters and music publishers is getting complicated. Here’s a recap. MBW Explains what's happened, who has said what so far, and what could happen next...
Analysis The Brutal Reality: Power is shifting to AI-generated music and algorithmic discovery. Music rightsholders must wake up to the opportunity. Stef Van Vugt, founder of Fruits Music, on Spotify's quiet moves and the rise of Suno
Analysis News Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ is the most streamed album by any female artist ever on Spotify (yes, including Taylor Swift) Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album continues to smash records three years after its release
Analysis News Could Spotify lose the crucial ‘bundling’ lawsuit filed by the MLC? It all comes down to these legal arguments… Spotify could easily lose the lawsuit failed against it... but still win in the long run
Analysis News TikTok is testing 60-minute videos. Could it expand into the lucrative live concert film business? YouTube, as well as the likes of Netflix and Spotify, will be watching the situation closely
Analysis News From the NMPA vs. Spotify to Sony’s opt-out from gen AI… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis News Streams of Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us and Euphoria are still soaring on Spotify… and the tracks have been blowing up on other platforms too. Not Like Us reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week
Analysis Blog ChatGPT can write music: Is AI the last hope for songwriters? MBW Views is a series of exclusive op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following op/ed comes from Ran Geffen Levy
Analysis Blog Steve Albini and The Problem With Royalty Base Record Deals The following op/ed comes from UK-based Hunter Giles, who co-founded and leads Infinite Catalog
Analysis News Sony Music sends letters to 700 AI, music streaming companies declaring it’s ‘opting out’ of AI training The letter also states that these companies may have already violated Sony's copyrights
Analysis News Will HYBE’s inclusion on South Korea’s ‘antitrust watch list’ be a problem for the world’s largest K-pop company? A regulatory rule in South Korea means HYBE faces disclosure requirements that other K-pop companies don't
Analysis Sony generated $2.5bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q1 2024, up 14.7% YoY Sony's corporate music division posted annual revenues of nearly $11 billion in the 12 months to end of March
Analysis Spotify is playing a dangerous game… This article originally appeared within the latest MBW+ Monthly Review email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.