Analysis News Spotify just won a long-running lawsuit over streaming of Eminem’s catalog – despite the court finding it didn’t have a license for the music. What does this mean for publishers? A long-running legal battle between Eminem's publisher, Spotify and Kobalt holds lessons for the music business
News Oasis ticket sale furore prompts ‘Dynamic pricing’ probe in the UK Tickets went on sale for the recently announced 2025 reunion tour of British rock band Oasis on Saturday (August 31)
News SM Entertainment partners with telco LG Uplus on AI-driven content for virtual artist Naevis Virtual artists are taking off in popularity, particularly in the South Korean market
News Superfan engagement platform FanCircles raises $2m UK-headquartered FanCircles builds custom direct-to-fan platforms for artists
News Former Warner Music UK Commercial Partnerships Chief Linda Walker named new chair at UK’s ERA Walker began her music career on the ground floor, working at an indie record shop
Analysis News From the RIAA’s H1 US recorded music market stats to UMG’s stock upgrade… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Tech startup Miris raises $26m to enable streaming of AR, VR content – could music be involved? The company's seed funding round was led by IAG Capital Partners, one of the backers of music financing platform beatBread
News Warner Music Brazil restructures, with Tatiana Cantinho named General Manager and Mariana Frensel appointed Director of Marketing Changes have been designed to "turbocharge" company's presence across a range of the country’s domestic genres
Analysis Blog It’s time for streaming services to act on AI music The following MBW Views op/ed comes from Ed Newton-Rex, CEO of the ethical generative AI non-profit, Fairly Trained
Interviews ‘Japan’s UGC monetization is starting late but growing rapidly.’ MBW’s World Leaders series meets Alan Swarts, CEO of Orfium Japan
News This analyst has watched Universal Music Group closely for years (and hasn’t always been mega-positive). He just upgraded UMG’s stock for the second time in 12 months. William Packer of BNP Paribas Exane has upgraded UMG's stock in the wake of downgrades by other analysts
News Spotify asks court to dismiss MLC lawsuit over cutting pay rate to songwriters via premium bundles In a new court filing, Spotify calls much of The MLC's case against it "irrelevant" to the legal dispute at hand
News Turntable Labs raises $8.2m to launch social music streaming platform Hangout The latest financial boost comes as the company prepares to publicly launch Hangout later this year
Analysis News Paid streaming subscriptions grew just 2.7% YoY in the US in H1 2024 – but overall market revenue topped $8.6bn The RIAA has published its new midyear report for the United States
News ‘Operation Redirect’: Brazil cracks down on music piracy sites spreading malware IFPI and Pro-Música Brasil collaborated with law enforcement to take down 12 piracy sites that were also spreading malware
News AEG and Onex complete sale of ASM Global to live events company Legends The merger creates what Legends describes as “the world’s preeminent premium live events company"
News Bill Ackman unworried by Universal Music Group subscription revenue blip Wall Street analysts were disappointed that UMG's subscription streaming revenues 'only' grew 6.9% YoY in the quarter
News Beggars Group is now a £100m+ annual revenue company Nevertheless, the record company has seen its operating profit slide amid rising costs