Apple Music In The News

Warner’s ADA Worldwide strikes global distribution deal with Rostrum Records

ADA to be responsible for worldwide distribution services for Rostrum’s entire label catalog and new releases

UK mechanical society MCPS’s member distributions hit $232m in 2022, a 15-year high

MCPS collects royalties for over 34,000 publishers, songwriters, and composers when their music is copied or reproduced

Apple expands availability of classical music streaming app to Android

Android rollout arrives two months after the app launched on the App store

TikTok is under fire from some of music’s most powerful players. Its global music boss says the future’s bright – and answers some tough questions.

Ole Obermann sits down with MBW to talk payouts, Resso, and that Australia experiment

Rob Stringer says music streaming fraud ‘is a problem that must be eliminated’, calls for better payouts from short-form video platforms

Sony Music Group Chairman covers various key industry topics in presentation to Sony Corp investors

CD Baby ends distribution of vinyl and CDs to focus on streaming

CD Baby to close warehouse and end physical distribution service

Warner CFO Eric Levin: music streaming business is ready for recurring price increases

Exec discussed streaming prices during a Q&A session at JPMorgan’s Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference on May 22

Apple adds concert discovery features to Apple Maps and Apple Music

Apple Music expands music curation efforts into the live music space