Interviews Meet Kyogu Lee, President of Supertone – the voice cloning AI company acquired by HYBE for $32m MBW’s World Leaders series meets Kyogu Lee, President of HYBE-owned voice AI company Supertone
News French rights societies SCPP and ADAMI form partnership agreement, with option to merge The two organizations have recognized a need for greater efficiencies in royalty collection
News Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon sells $81m of company’s shares Music streaming company Spotify has seen a 310% runup in its share price over the past 18 months
Analysis News TuneCore has paid out over $4 billion to self-releasing artists to date TuneCore has paid out around $1 billion since December 2022
News Patch Culbertson promoted to EVP / GM at Big Loud Records Culbertson becomes the company's first-ever Executive Vice President
News Europe’s music tastes becoming more local, as royalties generated by European Union artists triple in 6 years Spotify says 44% of royalties generated in the EU came from EU artists, a record high
News Molly Neuman appointed President of Downtown Music-owned CD Baby Industry veteran to lead Downtown Music's direct-to-creator businesses CD Baby and Soundrop
News Stability AI releases free, open-source text-to-audio model that ‘respects creator rights’ Unlike its earlier Stable Audio product, the new Stable Audio Open is designed to make clips for sound design and music creation
News beatBread strikes partnership with music asset and catalog management firm OpenPlay "We don't feel advances should be the deciding factor in a label's choice of delivery options”
News CTS Eventim completes $323M acquisition of Vivendi’s ticketing and festival business Germany's CTS Eventim reportedly beat out AEG to buy the UK-born ticketing business
News The Black Keys cut ties with managers Irving Azoff and Steve Moir after tour cancellation (Report) The blues-rock duo's move comes amid a reported decline in ticket sales for some arena tours
Analysis News From price hikes at Spotify to Warner’s major new hire… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
News LVRN invests in Afro-Caribbean cultural platform Jerk X Jollof The investment 'underscores our commitment to empowering communities through music and culture,' LVRN says
News Sony Music Publishing wins Publisher of the Year at 2024 BMI Pop Awards Miley Cyrus’ 'Flowers' was named Song of the Year.
News After stepping down as Peloton’s CEO, Barry McCarthy cashes out $10m in Spotify stock McCarthy recently stepped down as CEO of struggling connected fitness company Peloton
News Sony, Universal, Warner and Merlin strike music licensing deals with Twitch for DJ livestreams New deals do not apply to other uses of music on the platform such as VODs, Clips, and Highlights
News Warner Music Group poaches Goldman Sachs’ Michael Ryan-Southern to lead global M&A Widely respected finance executive to join WMG
News Adam Salomon appointed Senior Director of A&R at Concord Music Publishing Salomon is a veteran of EMI Music Sweden, Universal Music Sweden and Chosen Music