Music Business Worldwide In The News

YouTube Music sponsors show-stopping category at next week’s A&R Awards

Big night just around the corner as YouTube Music backs legends-only award

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund has been left concussed by ‘discontinuation’. But with a seemingly rock solid ‘call option’, Merck Mercuriadis still holds all the cards.

On: Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the all important 'call option', Blackstone, and the most likely outcome of this week's mess

PRS For Music sponsors Pop category at the nearly-here A&R Awards

Royalty collection/distribution giant supports hyper-competitive category at imminent big night

Spotify is embracing elements of Universal Music Group’s ‘artist-centric’ royalties model – following a new multi-year licensing deal between UMG and Daniel Ek’s platform

Spotify's plans fit with the broad hopes of Sir Lucian Grainge's wishes as outlined at the start of 2023

TikTok sponsors Independent Label category as countdown to A&R Awards continues

Short-form video giant joints the party by backing super-competitive category at next month's big night

From Universal’s missing catalog on TikTok Music to Graham Nash’s catalog sale… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days

BMI will pay songwriters and publishers a smaller portion of its revenues as a for-profit company – while upping its own margin from 10% to 15% of collections. Will its members tolerate this change?

New revelations from Michael O'Neill shows that BMI is planning to increase its retained revenues by a third