News TikTok strikes global ticketing partnership with AXS The feature is live in the US, UK, Sweden and Australia
Interviews ‘In K-pop, the number one thing is the relationship with your fans. Non K-pop artists have to put their fans on the same level as their artistry.’ MBW's Inspiring Women series meets Mitra Darab, President HxG at HYBE America
News Lex Borrero’s NTERTAIN acquires the Official Latino Film Festival, launches NVISION Film & Music Festival NTERTAIN is also comprised of NEON16, NTERTAIN Studios, and marketing agency AM16
News Warner Chappell Music taps ICE as sole digital licensing partner in Europe, Middle East, Africa Launched by the UK’s PRS for Music, Sweden’s STIM and Germany’s GEMA, ICE represents 330,000 rightsholders
News Pauline Duarte appointed Vice President of Columbia France, as Laurent Chapeau steps down As part of the transition, labels Hall Access, A+LSO, and Masterworks will move from Columbia Labels Group to RCA Labels Group France
News Latin music veteran Gustavo Lopez launches Globalatino Music Partners; acquires majority stake in Cigol Music Lopez was a longtime Universal executive and CEO of Saban Music Latin, which was recently acquired by Virgin Music Group
News On… DistroKid, Trefuego, modified audio, and the potential for a new ‘Napster Nightmare’ Should distributors bear any responsibility for the spread of copyright-infringing modified tracks?
Interviews ‘When artists say they want to be independent, what they really mean is they want to be autonomous.’ Stem founder, Milana Rabkin-Lewis, on her company, TikTok vs. UMG, AI, and much more
News Warner Chappell Music strikes exclusive publishing deal with Electronic Arts The deal includes soundtracks from EA's games, as well as access for EA to Warner Chappell's music-creation talent pool
News Cutting Edge Group secures $500m to fund music rights acquisitions Cutting Edge said it has already identified a "circa USD $1.5 billion pipeline" of potential investments
News Apple’s Elena Segal to receive Ivors Academy Honor for UK music industry contributions Segal is being honored for "consistently champion[ing] the value of songwriters and music publishing"
News SAG-AFTRA strikes new deal with major labels on sound recordings, including protections for AI use Among other things, the deal requires an artist's consent for their voice to be used in AI-generated content
News StubHub eyes late summer IPO, targeting $16.5B valuation (report) The viagogo-owned ticket resales company has accumulated more than $2 billion in debt
News Victoria Oakley appointed CEO of IFPI Oakley will join IFPI in June from global strategic communications and advocacy consultancy, Portland
Analysis Taylor Swift has a laudable history of standing up to Big Tech in the name of artist compensation. By embracing TikTok in 2024, she’s broken ranks with that narrative. When Swift grappled with Apple in 2015, she noted that the fight was "not about me" – it was about other artists. The TikTok situation is the exact opposite.
Analysis News From Taylor Swift’s return to TikTok to Spotify’s move on manipulated audio… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Interviews ‘India’s streaming market is on the cusp of a digital boom with unprecedented opportunity.’ MBW’s World Leaders series meets Kumar Taurani, Chairman and Managing Director of India's Tips Industries
Analysis Blog What is the potential impact of Getty’s lawsuit against Stability AI on the music industry? The following op/ed comes from Jonathan Coote, an associate and music lawyer at Bray & Krais Solicitors