Analysis Blog ‘As qualification changes are proposed in the UK, what direction is best for copyright-holders and performers?’ The following op/ed comes from Camilla Waite, General Counsel of UK music licensing company PPL
Analysis News From KISS’s $300m deal to Warner’s deadline for a bid on Believe… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis 3 reasons why… Warner Music Group might be tempted to bid $1.8 billion for Believe Weighing up the positive differences an acquisition of Believe could make to WMG
Analysis Suno is a music AI company aiming to generate $120 billion per year. But is it trained on copyrighted recordings? Ed Newton-Rex discovers that Suno produces music with a striking resemblance to classic copyrights
Analysis News From Universal’s investment in Weverse to Trefuego’s $800,000 copyright infringement fine… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis News As Universal’s standoff with TikTok rolls on, UMG inks new deal with Spotify including ‘social tools’, video elements According to the companies, they will collaborate on "new promotional and social tools" for UMG artists on the Spotify platform.
Analysis News Rapper Trefuego used an unlicensed sample in his TikTok hit 90mh. Now the court is making him pay over $800,000 in damages to Sony Music. Sony Music’s lawsuit accused Trefuego of “flagrant and deliberate infringement”
Analysis News The MLC has distributed over $2bn to songwriters and publishers since 2021 Nashville-headquartered organization just reached a significant milestone
Analysis Blog Putting the ‘vinyl revival’ in proper perspective The following op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist, Eamonn Forde
Analysis News US recorded music industry revenues hit $17.1 billion in 2023 The RIAA reports that on a retail basis, recorded music revenues in the US grew 8% YoY in 2023
Analysis News Tencent Music users are ‘willing to pay’ for music produced with the company’s AI tools… and 3 other things we learned on TME’s latest earnings call Key takeaways from Tencent Music Entertainment's latest earnings call
Analysis News From the ‘secret’ composer behind 650 fake artists to BandLab’s 100m users… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up This week's biggest stories...
Analysis Blog ‘In the absence of robust record-keeping, there is no way of knowing what content has been used and generated by AI.’ A bill was recently introduced in the UK to regulate AI in the market. In the following op/ed, Conservative politician Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE explains what the bill aims to achieve
Analysis News Global recorded music revenues rose 10.2% to $28.6bn in 2023, as paid subscriptions to music streaming services exceed 500m globally IFPI has published its Global Music Report, which shows global trade revenues for the recorded music industry in 2023
Analysis News Still not convinced about TikTok’s AI music ambitions? This web of patents and trademarks will change your mind. MBW has uncovered a series of US patents and trademark applications filed by a mysterious ByteDance affiliate