Analysis Scared Hitless? What the latest stats tell us about the US hits business, and how 'catalog' is gaining market share.
Analysis News WMG generated $1.84bn in calendar Q4; recorded music subscription streaming revenues jump 10.9% YoY Total revenue was up 7.1% YoY at constant currency, with recorded music revenues up 6.6% YoY
Analysis News Reservoir posts $45.6m in revenues for calendar Q4, up 8% YoY; confirms deals with Gladys Knight and T.I. Reservoir Media has published its financial results for the three months ended December 31
Analysis News Sony’s combined revenue from recorded music and publishing blasts past $3B milestone in calendar Q4 2025 ROSALÍA's LUX was Sony's biggest revenue-generating project around the globe in the last three months of 2025
Analysis News YouTube’s subscription business is now generating roughly $20bn a year – with music a key growth driver YouTube's combined advertising and subscription revenues exceeded $60 billion for 2025
Analysis 6 key arguments from Concord and UMG’s $3bn Anthropic lawsuit – and why it’s one of the most significant AI copyright fights yet A closer look at UMG, Concord and ABKCO's second copyright infringement lawsuit against AI giant Anthropic
Analysis News Universal and Suno are in a PR battle over ‘walled gardens’ in AI music Suno exec Paul Sinclair pens memo taking aim at 'walled garden' approach championed by UMG in its recent AI licensing deals
Analysis RDx is quietly fixing the music industry’s data problem The following MBW op/ed comes from Mark Douglas, Chief Information Officer, PPL
Analysis UMG buying a stake in superfan app Stationhead is a bigger deal than you might realize. Here are 3 reasons why. Superfan monetization and D2C expansion continue to be strategic priorities for Universal Music Group.
Analysis Why distinguishing human creation from AI mimicry matters more than ever The following MBW op/ed comes from Bobby Bickley & Ewan Bloor, Data Scientists at Beatdapp
Analysis News Drake fights dismissal of ‘Not Like Us’ lawsuit: 3 things you might have missed Drake thinks a federal judge just created a "dangerous" precedent for the music industry.
Analysis News Half of all paid music streams globally still take place in just 4 countries (and other highlights from Luminate’s latest report). Forty-four percent of music listeners in the US say they're less likely to be interested in a song if they know it's AI-generated, Luminate reports
Analysis News On… Warner’s cutbacks, and the bigger story. The following article originally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest ‘Tim’s Take’ email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.
Analysis News Music streaming platforms now host quarter of a BILLION tracks. Where does it end? New Luminate report reveals head-spinning volume of content on audio services, as debate rages over minimum-stream payout thresholds.
Analysis Elon Musk’s legal attack on the music industry: 3 things you might have missed MBW delves into the 53-page lawsuit issued by X Corp against most significant players in the music publishing business