Analysis News Apple’s Shazam surpasses 70bn song recognitions Timeline of key milestones and stats released by Apple for its song recognition app, Shazam
Analysis News Beggars Group profits jumped 55% in 2021, as US rights to Adele’s first 3 albums reverted back to XL Recordings UK-based company turned over GBP £80 million last year
Analysis News As new Shazam charts launch in 17 countries including Nigeria and Ghana, Apple Music hails app’s role in discovery of African music globally Shazam was acquired by Apple for $400 million in 2018
Analysis How artists are exploiting lax metadata protections by streaming services What if tagging the wrong artist pages on DSPs wasn't just a headache to resolve, but also a money-making scheme?
Analysis News Paul Pacifico repped artists at the FAC, then indie labels at AIM. Is he now off to rep major labels at the BPI? Pacifico will continue as CEO until the end of the year
Analysis News TikTok owns a patent for a music service – and it’s hiring for ‘TikTok Music’ staff. TikTok owns a patent for a music platform in the US. But there's a twist...
Analysis Record labels are seeing slower growth from streaming. But growth is still growth. Talking Trends: MBW founder, Tim Ingham, looks at the latest numbers to tumble out of the music business
Analysis News Capitol Records just signed a virtual artist, FN Meka. He has over 10 million followers on TikTok. FN Meka has 10 million followers on TikTok
Analysis Blog Merck Mercuriadis on Lamont Dozier: ‘He was as important as any songwriter that has ever lived.’ Hipgnosis founder pays tribute to all-time great songwriter – while making a point about the rewards great composers get from the music industry
Analysis News Lamont Dozier: Universal Music Group, Motown, Hipgnosis, Sony Music Publishing pay tribute Major music industry names pay tribute to one of the greatest songwriters to emerge from the original Motown era
Analysis News Spotify has spent $1.2bn+ on companies to scale its non-music business over the past 3 years A round-up on acquisitions made by Spotify over the past three years
Analysis News Music’s bond adventure continues, as SESAC and Hipgnosis both launch nine-figure offerings SESAC used the money raised to buy Audio Network; Hipgnosis' bonds will be priced next week. Both deals involve Blackstone.
Analysis Blog ‘As AI creative technologies become more common, the question of AI authorship is particularly important.’ In the following MBW op/ed, Dublin-based Barry Scannell copyright and authorship issues around AI-created art and music
Analysis News Music and travel startup Pollen falls into administration, three months after raising $150m Firm calls in restructuring experts Kroll
Analysis News Warner Music Group revenues up 12.1% in calendar Q2; recorded music streaming up 2.7% A mixed bag of results for Warner, but double-digit increase achieved nonetheless – even as ad-funded streaming growth slows