News Songwriters, rejoice: Spotify appeal FAILS to stop composers getting improved 15.1% streaming royalty rate in the USBottom line: The streaming services are going to have to fork over a pile of cash to publishers and songwriters
Analysis News From Universal’s Frank Zappa catalog acquisition to Triller’s US IPO… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe big stories from the past week
News Alisha Outridge named Chief Technology & Product Officer at TuneCoreOutridge is the first Chief Technology & Product Officer at the Believe-owned company
News TikTok rival Triller files to go public on Nasdaq via ‘the largest creator IPO in history’Triller owns VERZUZ, Fangage, Julius and other subsidiaries, all bought via acquisition
News Anghami acquires events and concerts company Spotlight, as it expands into live entertainmentDeal will see Spotlight Events become Anghami's arm for live events and concerts
News Independent rock and metal label Earache Records launches music distribution platformEarache says it will take a 10% cut of artists' royalties
News Kanye West sued for allegedly sampling Chicago House legend Marshall Jefferson’s music without permissionSuit was filed by Ultra International Music Publishing in New York
News Brigitte Green promoted to Senior Vice President Film & TV Creative Licensing at Interscope Geffen A&M RecordsGreen joined Interscope in 2018 as Vice President of Creative Licensing
News Kimberly Knoller named Chief Marketing Officer at deadmau5’s metaverse platform PIXELYNXExec will oversee all marketing strategy and execution for PIXELYNX and its first game, ELYNXIR
News Music industry veteran Robin Godfrey-Cass to exit Round Hill Carlin as UK MDMusic industry veteran to leave publisher after four-and-a-half years with the company
News London-based music agency Leland Music makes raft of promotions and hiresEd Bailie has been promoted to Managing Director, while Toby Williams takes the reins as Director
News Universal buys Frank Zappa recordings, song catalog and complete contents of ‘The Vault’ housing 1,000+ hours of film and videoAcquisition also includes Frank Zappa’s name and likeness
News US TikTok ban back on the cards as FCC commissioner asks Apple and Google to remove app from storesFCC Commissioner Brendan Carr calls for the app's removal from the Google Play and Apple App stores
News Backstreet Boys livestream concert watched by 45m viewers in China via Tencent’s WeChat appPerformance is claimed to be the the highest-attended livestream concert on WeChat by an international artist
News SoundExchange sues Slacker and parent company LiveOne over unpaid royalties to creatorsLawsuit was filed in California on Tuesday, June 28