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The number of Latin music listeners on Spotify worldwide soared 986% from 2014 to 2023

Spotify reports steady double-digit growth in demand for Latin music over the past decade

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The hardest-working words in the music business in 2023

Eamonn Forde on the words that the music biz has been addicted to in the past 12 months – and what they really mean

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From SoundCloud’s profitability to Universal’s $50bn+ public valuation… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

Five of the biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days

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Here’s exactly how Spotify’s new 1,000 annual streams royalty policy works…

Spotify is introducing a significant update to the way it calculates recorded royalties next year

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From Spotify’s 1,500+ layoffs and CFO exit to Enrique Iglesias’ nine-figure deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place

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Robert Kyncl: The EU shouldn’t miss the opportunity to include meaningful transparency and record-keeping obligations in the AI Act

The Warner Music Group boss gives a strong message on responsible AI ahead of crucial lawmaking decision

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Spotify has laid off 2,300 employees this year. That’s a shock – but also kind of inevitable.

On: Promises made at Investor Days, Christmas Walks, and Daniel Ek's long-term aim for his shareholders

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From Sony Music’s deepfake takedowns to iHeartMedia’s $100m BMI sale proceeds… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days.

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NMPA: Generative AI is ‘the greatest risk to the human creative class that has ever existed’

Everything we learned from the National Music Publishers Association's US Copyright Office submission

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Sony Music has issued nearly 10,000 deepfake takedowns… and other things we learned from Dennis Kooker’s speech about AI

Sony Music's President of Global Digital Business delivered a speech at Chuck Schumer's AI Insight Forum

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Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist on Spotify in 2023, with over 26.1bn global streams

Spotify has published its year-end charts alongside the launch of its 2023 Wrapped campaign

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3 observations on… the sale of BMI (and Google’s entrance into music rights management)

On BMI's fraternizing with CapitalG (aka Alphabet's fund), plus a windfall for radio broadcasters, and $100 million of money going to songwriters and publishers

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The Weighting Is The Hardest Part

A change in Billboard Chart reporting threatens to marginalize vinyl records and the stores who sell them, says Nabil Ayers

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From BMI’s private equity sale to what UMG thinks about AI and copyright law… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days.

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Sony Music’s artists aren’t involved in YouTube’s new voice-cloning AI experiment. Not unrelated: Google’s recent filing with the US Copyright Office.

MBW Explains: On 'fair use', Sony Music, YouTube's AI experimentation and the US Copyright Office