News Tempo Music sues Miley Cyrus (and half the music industry) for allegedly copying Bruno Mars’ ‘When I Was Your Man’ on megahit ‘Flowers’ Numerous music streaming services, along with Live Nation and Disney, are named as defendants in the copyright infringement suit
Analysis News TikTok on the clock: A timeline of the app’s tumultuous relationship with the current US government TikTok and the US Justice Department faced off in federal court on Monday (September 16)
News Believe targets Regional Mexican Music expansion with new leadership team in Mexico City Marco Cataño named Head of Artist Services, LATAM; José Pablo Molina appointed Head of Label & Artist Solutions, Mexico
News UnitedMasters taps RoEx to offer AI-powered mastering to indie artists UnitedMasters artists will now have access to automated mastering services for $4.99 a track.
Analysis Universal Music Group is targeting 8-10% annual growth in subscription streaming revenues. Here’s how that might play out. UMG has announced some important new numbers. If they come true, how might they affect the company's growth?
Analysis News Pink Floyd’s recordings catalog could soon sell for $400m-$500m. But how much does it earn today? MBW has unearthed annual accounts filed by two UK-based companies owned by Pink Floyd
News PRS For Music returns as sponsor of Pop category at the Music Business UK Awards Royalty collection/distribution giant marks 110 years in the business by backing the UK industry's big night
Analysis Who owns Live Nation? The concert's giants owners include Liberty Media, some heavy-hitting investment firms... and Jimmy Iovine
News American Hockey League sued for alleged copyright infringement by Sony and Universal-owned production music firm APM AHL becomes latest US-based professional sports league to be involved in litigation over alleged copyright infringement
News Kaoruko Hill appointed General Manager, APAC at Merlin Exec most recently worked in the Music Data & Rights Management team at ByteDance
News Dirty Hit renews UK physical distribution partnership with Universal Music UK Dirty Hit says its partnership with the Universal Music Group unit has yielded a string of chart-topping albums
News Web3 music streaming platform Tune.FM raises $50m in funding The company has now raised $80M in its efforts to cut out the middleman between artists and music streamers
News Former TikTok and Amazon exec Andrew Maddox named Head of Finance at beatBread Maddox previously held senior finance roles at TikTok and Amazon
Analysis News From HYBE’s mystery acquisition to the copyright lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Warner Music Korea launches English-language music label MPLIFY, led by Samuel Ku Korean-Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Marsh is the first artist to join the label
News Downtown Music Publishing inks global deal with PDU, the company from iconic Italian singer Mina Italian singer Mina has sold more than 150 million records worldwide
News HYBE’s NewJeans fallout is getting tenser by the day, as new CEO says company ‘follows the rules and pursues precision management’ HYBE CEO addresses NewJeans ultimatum after shareholders meeting
News Court allows copyright infringement suit over Dua Lipa’s megahit Levitating to proceed A copyright infringement case over Dua Lipa's megahit Levitating is set to go forward