News Creative industries slam EU AI Act implementation as ‘betrayal’ The group, which includes CISAC, ICMP, IFPI and IMPALA, said the result of the published GPAI Code of Practice, is "not a balanced compromise"
News Live Nation strikes $646 million deal to increase stake in Mexico’s OCESA The deal is expected to close by the end of August, following approval at the upcoming CIE shareholder vote
Analysis Learnings from Spotify’s Q2 2025 earnings call… including what the company (didn’t) say about that long-awaited ‘Music Pro’ tier MBW's key takeaways from the green giant's latest grilling from investment analysts
News Spotify sees $16 billion wiped off market cap; stock sinks 11.5% as ‘Social Charges’ drag down profit outlook Spotify's stock price plunged 11.5% on Tuesday (July 29) largely as a result of missing profit guidance
News Spotify subscriber base grew by 8m to 276m in Q2; company posted $460m operating profit 'Social Charges' take toll on operating income, but subscribers and MAUs both ahead of guidance in quarter
News Derek Cournoyer promoted to SVP, Global Digital Business at Kobalt Cournoyer will be playing a key role in striking partnerships with platforms like Meta, TikTok and YouTube
News TikTok partners with iHeartRadio on live music competition for artists with at least 50K followers Contestants will advance based on a combination of likes, views and comments, and judges' scores.
News Stability AI is developing a legit ‘opt in’ artist marketplace… amid lawsuits over unauthorized scraping CEO Prem Akkaraju told the Financial Times that the company now has "zero debt."
News FireAid defends $100M fund distribution, hits out at ‘misinformation’, amid growing political scrutiny Organizers of the FireAid benefit concert said the remaining $25 million is expected to be distributed by year-end.
News EVEN partners with Secretly Distribution, enabling artists to unlock direct-to-fan revenue Since launching in April last year, EVEN has onboarded 80,000+ artists across more than 2,200 labels
News Cyrille Bolloré, son of Vincent, steps down from Universal Music Group board, as Bolloré Group fights French regulator over Vivendi share offer According to its website, The Bolloré Group owned an 18.5% stake in Universal Music Group at the close of 2024
News Create Music Group’s digital content studio Flighthouse launches sports-focused Fieldhouse Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Strauss has described Create Music Group as an "audience company"
News AEG partners with Because, Combat in new ownership structure for Paris festival We Love Green Jay Marciano calls event one of the 'marquee' live music festivals in Europe
Interviews Why Primary Wave – and the Marley estate – could be sitting on a goldmine with new Bob Marley show, Hope Road Larry Mestel gives MBW a peek behind the curtain of his company's new Vegas show – and the future of 'name, image, and likeness' in music
News King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard join Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu in pulling music from Spotify after Daniel Ek’s military AI investment Ek recently led a €600 million (USD $703m) series D for Helsing, a defense company focused on AI-powered military drones.
News A letter to HYBE shareholders from Music Business Worldwide RE: BTS ‘hiatus’ insider trading convictions Explaining why MBW updated its article last week... then updated it again
News TikTok must transfer control to US owner, US commerce secretary says Lutnick said Donald Trump is "positive towards TikTok, if it can move into American hands."
News NewJeans: ‘Telling us to return to ADOR and HYBE is like telling the victim of school bullying to return to the same school and endure it.’ The K-pop group's legal team said the root of the conflict lies in HYBE's audit into Min Hee-jin last year.