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Sir Lucian Grainge on Universal’s new deal with Meta – and his belief that investment banks don’t ‘have the skill-sets or ability to exploit music rights’

Grainge was joined by Michael Nash and Boyd Muir on a call with analysts last week

From Meta losing Kobalt’s catalog to Universal’s $2.7bn in Q2… It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week - and why they matter

On the UK music industry market study: The show ain’t over till the IPO sings!

Annabella Coldrick, CEO of the MMF, has her say on the Competition and Markets Authority's work

Big result for major record companies, as UK competition watchdog dismisses need for music market investigation

BPI celebrates, Hipgnosis expresses disappointment, at long-awaited conclusions

Facebook will now directly share a proportion of ad revenue with music rightsholders for UGC videos. Your move, TikTok…

A big move from Mark Zuckerberg's company, as it lays down gauntlet to TikTok

Kobalt is pulling its 700,000 songs off Facebook and Instagram. Is the music biz headed for a historic bust-up with Meta?

News comes just days after Epidemic Sound launched a $142m lawsuit against Meta for alleged infringement

From Epidemic Sound suing Meta/Facebook to new music ‘shrinking’… It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week - and why they matter

Epidemic Sound hits Meta with $142m lawsuit for ‘rampant infringement’ of its music on Facebook and Instagram

Swedish music company claims that Meta has “ignored" its "repeated notices of infringement and requests for access to the tools that would help stop the infringement”.