News Bella Figura Music secures fresh funding to bolster catalog acquisitions The music company has acquired rights to hits by Robbie Williams and Human League, among others
Interviews ‘Don’t sign things you don’t fully believe in. Otherwise you’ll have to fake it.’ Jamie Oborne talks success, ambition, adding Jack Antonoff to his management stable, and the “unflinching” artistry of The 1975…
News German collection society GEMA’s revenues rose 8.4% YoY to $1.38bn in 2023 GEMA to distribute $1.17bn to its members and rightsholders worldwide
News Mary J. Blige’s ‘Real Love’ subject of copyright infringement lawsuit filed against UMPG A new lawsuit alleges the composition of Mary J. Blige's 'Real Love' uses a sample from The Honey Drippers without permission
News Spotify leans further into artificial intelligence with new ‘AI Playlist’ generator, which turns text prompts into personalized song suggestions Spotify's Daniel Ek has said AI holds out the promise of improving the user experience and the company's efficiency
Interviews ‘The physical music revolution of some years ago has proven to be more than a flash in the pan.’ MBW's Trailblazers series meets Karen Emanuel, Founder and CEO of UK-headquartered design agency and music manufacturer Key Production
Interviews ‘I’m not interested in regurgitating the past, but I’m also not in the rat race of hopping on whatever trend is most popular right now.’ MBW’s World’s Greatest Producers series meets Kacey Musgraves collaborator Ian Fitchuk
News Vocalist AI unveils vocal cloning platform that pays royalties to voice models The platform enables creators to convert their vocals to those of professional singers and rappers
News TikTok named official entertainment partner of Eurovision song contest for 3rd year running Last year's Eurovision winners saw a massive increase in popularity on TikTok following the contest
News Major music companies fight back against unlicensed AI in new ICMP-led initiative A new portal allows rightsholders to reserve their rights against scraping by tech companies training AI
News Marni Greenberg, ex-Sofar Sounds VP, joins SoundCloud as SVP and Head of Communications Greenberg brings with her a wealth of experience from Sofar Sounds, YouTube and Spotify
News Confirmed: Warner Music Group won’t be making a bid for Believe The way now appears clear for Denis Ladegaillerie consortium's takeover
Analysis News From KISS’s $300m deal to Warner’s deadline for a bid on Believe… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
News IMPALA sides with UMG in TikTok dispute, calls on Spotify, Apple, Deezer to address ‘negative consequences’ of royalty changes Europe’s trade association for indie labels says there is “an urgent need to secure fair revenues” from services like TikTok
News Christian Luiga, veteran of defense firm Saab, named new CFO of Spotify Luiga will start his new gig at Spotify in October, the company said in a statement Thursday
News Stability AI’s Stable Audio update enables full-length song production from text or audio The AI developer stresses that its new text-to-audio tool works to prevent abuse of copyrighted materials
News Tuned Global and Spafax team up to deliver in-flight music The partnership combines Spafax’s experience in curating in-flight entertainment with Tuned Global’s advanced playlisting tools
News KISS sells song catalog, name and IP to Pophouse, company behind ABBA Voyage, in $300m deal Pophouse announced acquisition of Cyndi Lauper catalog in February