TuneCore In The News

From TikTok Music’s shutdown to Atlantic Music Group’s new leadership team… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

Warner Music Group is shutting its TuneCore rival, Level Music

Level to cease operations on Thursday, July 31, 2025

Gareth Mellor promoted to SVP, Global Marketing & Communications at Downtown Music

Mellor will oversee the global marketing and communication efforts across Downtown’s four core divisions

TuneCore says that tracks within its ‘TuneCore Accelerator’ program ‘experienced nearly 10 billion new streams’ in the first half of 2024

TuneCore has released the second edition of its 'TuneCore Accelerator Report'

‘Middle class’ of artists growing larger, Luminate report finds, as 29,253 clocked between 1m and 10m on-demand audio streams in H1

The number of "mid-tier" artists grew by more than 5% in the past year, Luminate's Midyear Music Report says

Streaming fraud costs the global music industry $2bn a year, according to Beatdapp. Now it’s partnering with Beatport to combat the trend

“Suspicious activity has been on the rise in recent months," Beatport's Chief Revenue Officer says

25% of music producers are now using AI, survey says – but a majority shows strong resistance

A majority of producers indicated they have concerns about losing control of their music.

Utopia Music acquired Lyric Financial in 2021. Lyric’s sellers are still trying to get full payment for the sale

An arbitration panel has ordered Utopia to pay $1.86 million to Lyric Financial's former owners