Warner Music Group In The News

Ed Sheeran wins second copyright lawsuit over his hit ‘Thinking Out Loud’ and Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’

US District Judge Louis Stanton dismissed the case

Indie labels question if record companies’ share of streaming royalties is ‘undervalued’ vs. music publishers’ slice of the pie

A new report from indie label group IMPALA asks if recorded music should have seen its share of the streaming pie grow faster

Amber Davis promoted to SVP of Warner Chappell Music UK, in addition to role as Head of A&R

Exec will report into Shani Gonzales, WCM UK’s Managing Director

Who owns Warner Music Group today?

MBW takes a deep dive through SEC filings to paint a picture of WMG's cap table

Apple adds concert discovery features to Apple Maps and Apple Music

Apple Music expands music curation efforts into the live music space

HYBE just released a K-pop track sung in six different languages using AI voice technology

HYBE releases 'first-ever multilingual track produced in Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Vietnamese'

The 3 major music companies are now jointly generating approximately $2.9m per hour

With $6.2 billion in revenue secured in Q1, can the majors now go on to jointly top $25 billion in annual revenue in 2023?

From Google’s AI music generator to Robert Kyncl on music streaming’s payout and pricing models… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place