News The Circuit Group launches Circuit Publishing in global partnership with Kobalt The newly formed Circuit Publishing division will offer publishing services to Circuit Group's artist, producer and songwriter clients
News Startup Delphos enables creators to make their own AI music generators Delphos enables artists to create 'Soundworlds' that can generate music in their own style
News John Lennon estate appoints the UK’s PPL to collect neighbouring rights royalties PPL will collect broadcast and public performance royalties for the estate’s interests in John Lennon, Yoko Ono and The Beatles
News The Circuit Group forms artist development JV with ALT:Vision Management and Records ALT:Vision's label division, under Sony's The Orchard, has amassed 2 billion streams.
News Takeshi Okada appointed President and CEO of Warner Music Japan Okada joins Warner Music from EMI Records Japan, where he served as Managing Director since 2018
News Australia’s UNIFIED relaunches Community Music, commits USD $6.8m to support local indie artists The relaunch comes a week after UNIFIED announced a new services partnership with Downtown-owned FUGA
News Universal Music Group completes 100% acquisition of [PIAS] Group Kenny Gates has signed a long-term contract to continue as head of his company's label group
Analysis On… TikTok, Merlin, and the awkward arranged marriage of music’s independent sector How the changing face of the 'non-major' music companies has made for some unusual bedfellows in indie-land
Analysis News Concord acquires mystery Latin Music catalog for $217m, after raising $850m in latest asset backed securities transaction Concord catalog now worth more than USD $5 billion, according to Kroll report
Interviews ‘We have to establish some rules before creativity is suppressed and the marketplace is flooded with AI-generated music.’ RIAA President & COO Michele Ballantyne looks back on her 20 years at the organization, the changes she's seen, the lessons she's learned and the battles she's still fighting
News The MLC nears $2.5bn in royalty distributions to songwriters and publishers since 2021 The MLC's royalty payout count has increased by $1bn in just one year
News Kids’ audio platform Yoto aims to double revenue with $15m funding package from HSBC Company's Yoto Player smart speaker uses physical cards to play audio content
News Spotify sponsors ultra-competitive category at Music Business UK awards World's leading streamer backs one of the biggies at next month's sold-out event
News Macron calls for fairer music streaming model after France imposes ‘music streaming tax’ The French president would like to see 'artists who have average followings' get paid more
News TikTok slashes hundreds of jobs globally as it shifts focus to AI content moderation (reports) Some 500 people are losing their jobs in Malaysia, along with potentially 125 layoffs in the UK
Analysis News From UMG’s lawsuit against Chili’s to Ticketmaster’s bot problem… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News Rob Stringer talks Queen, Michael Jackson, and Pink Floyd deals – plus TikTok – at Bloomberg event Stringer spoke to Lucas Shaw at Bloomberg's event in Los Angeles on Thursday
News Africa-focused streaming service Mdundo hits 37.8m monthly active users, as paid subscription revenue jumps 112% in local currency terms The company reported a revenue decline in fiscal 2023/24, amid weakness in African currencies