Analysis News Spotify’s bundle battle with songwriters dampens Reservoir’s earnings forecast for FY 2024 Three things we learned from Reservoir’s latest earnings call
Analysis Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s catalog turned out to be worth more than a lot of people thought. In light of Blackstone's latest bid, MBW crunches the numbers on what HSF spent on assets... and what they're worth now
Analysis News From Sony Music’s reported Queen catalog talks to Live Nation’s DoJ battle… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis News Sony Music Group boss Rob Stringer talks acquisitions, artificial intelligence and how music streaming services should start charging free users Sony Music wants to see an end to free music subscriptions, and 5 other things we learned from its latest investor presentation
Analysis Blog ‘It is unethical for generative AI companies to make money off the backs of artists and songwriters, without compensation or attribution.’ The following op/ed comes from Tracy Chan, a former SoundCloud, Twitch, and Spotify executive and currently the CEO of Australia-born AI music company Splash
Analysis The DoJ is suing to break up Live Nation. What exactly does the lawsuit aim to achieve – and could the concert giant win? The DoJ has its work cut out for it, if it wants to see Live Nation and Ticketmaster broken up
Analysis News Three quarters of all royalties generated by UK artists on Spotify in 2023 came from listeners outside of the UK Spotify has recently broken out streaming royalty data for a bunch of individual markets in Europe
Analysis Suno could get sued by the record business. Who’s backing it with $125m? Here, we take a look at Suno’s investors, their philosophies, and the other businesses they’ve put money behind...
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