News BMG parent Bertelsmann partners with ElevenLabs, plans AI-generated music features "These tools don’t replace creators — they save time for the creative work that matters most," ElevenLabs says
Interviews Jay Mehta talks Warner Music’s M&A strategy in South Asia and how India will produce ‘the next big global wave for music.’ MBW’s World Leaders series meets Jay Mehta, Managing Director, Warner Music South Asia
News Sony Music sued by Patrick Moxey’s Ultra Music Publishing for alleged copyright infringement; publisher claims the major is committing ‘piracy’ of its IP The lawsuit claims: 'Despite their lack of licenses, the Sony Defendants engage in knowing, willful, and utterly inexcusable copyright infringement of the Ultra Compositions.'
News HYBE and Chairman Bang Si-hyuk under investigation by South Korea’s financial regulator over ‘secret’ shareholder contracts in IPO (report) HYBE allegedly made a nearly $340 million profit off an agreement with private equity firms that was apparently not disclosed to investors
News Are Spotify’s changes to third-party developer access meant to combat AI scraping? Third-party app developers have been cut off from numerous data points within Spotify's platform
News Fortnite’s ‘Remix: The Finale’ concert draws over 14M players, breaking records Fortnite has set a new milestone, drawing 14.3 million concurrent players for its 'Remix: The Finale' virtual concert on November 30
News Lunar Client partners with STYNGR to bring licensed music to Minecraft Through the Lunar Client Launcher, players will be able to stream music from major labels directly within Minecraft
News Azi Eftekhari named Chief Operating Officer at Sony Music UK Eftekhari joins Sony Music after serving two years as Co-President of Universal Music’s Catalogue Division
Analysis News From Drake’s legal action to Spotify execs’ big cash-out… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Bruno Mars just shattered Spotify’s monthly listeners record… and he hasn’t even got a new album out. Mars currently has more than 135 million monthly listeners on the platform, way ahead of the previous record set by The Weeknd
News NewJeans just held a press conference to announce they’ve left HYBE’s ADOR… but the K-Pop giant says their deal is still ‘in full effect’ "Staying at the agency will only prolong our psychological pain and waste our time," group member Hanni said
Interviews As Believe UK celebrates its 15th anniversary, key executives Ben Rimmer, Alex Kennedy and Malena Wolfer talk recent successes and what comes next. Three top Believe UK execs celebrate the company’s 15 anniversary and look to its future...
News GoldState Music buys catalogs from CatchPoint Rights, AMR Songs for $200m (report) GoldState has strategically targeted music publishing and royalty income streams that offer steady returns
News Live Nation expands in South Africa and Portugal The Dome in Johannesburg will be Live Nation's first permanent venue in Africa
News Rebecca Dixon promoted to Global Head of Marketing and General Manager UK at Various Artists Dixon will work between the VAM offices in London and LA
Analysis Spotify paid Warner Music Group $1.16bn in FY 2024. (That’s around the same amount the streamer’s execs have cashed out in stock this year.) Warner's financial filings reveal Spotify's contribution to the company's revenues in the 12 months to end of September
Analysis News Key Spotify executives have cashed out more than $1 billion in stock this year… including $283 million for Daniel Ek. Following a series of blockbuster earnings reports, Spotify's stock is trading near all-time highs
News TikTok rival Triller says Kevin McGurn won’t be joining the company as CEO after all The newly publicly listed company offered no explanation for the reversal