News Music credits company Jaxsta rebrands as Vinyl Group Three music-related businesses, Jaxsta, Vampr and Vinyl, com, will operate under the Vinyl Group umbrella.
Analysis Spotify has laid off 2,300 employees this year. That’s a shock – but also kind of inevitable. On: Promises made at Investor Days, Christmas Walks, and Daniel Ek's long-term aim for his shareholders
News Music creation company Muse Group acquires sheet music publisher Hal Leonard… with backing from private equity firm Francisco Partners Francisco Partners acquired a majority stake in Kobalt Music Group in 2022
News KISS to stage avatar show in partnership with Pophouse Entertainment, following the success of ABBA Voyage in London KISS has stopped touring, but the band will live on as avatars developed in partnership with Pophouse Entertainment
News Over 75,000 artists in 20+ countries can now sell concert tickets directly within the TikTok app TikTok expands ticketing partnership with Live Nation-owned Ticketmaster
News UK government intervenes to halt London mayor’s decision to scrap MSG Sphere development The move comes after Mayor Sadiq Khan raised concerns about the project, citing worries about light pollution, environmental sustainability, and the broader impact on the area.
News US federal judge blocks Montana’s TikTok ban, deems it unconstitutional The law "oversteps state power and infringes on the Constitutional rights of users and businesses," a judge ruled.
News Spotify to axe over 1,500 jobs in latest round of layoffs Spotify is slashing around 17% of its global workforce
Analysis News From Sony Music’s deepfake takedowns to iHeartMedia’s $100m BMI sale proceeds… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days.
News Jenny Hermanson, Spotify’s MD for the Nordic region, to exit company after 14 years SPOT's Sweden-based MD for the Nordic region, Jenny Hermanson, is leaving the company
Interviews Key Songs in the Life of… Denzyl Feigelson The founder of Platoon (and AWAL, and a key architect of Graceland), Denzyl Feigelson, maps out his life and career in seven songs
News Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch 2024: Qing Madi, Florentina, Olly, Nathan Galante MBW's spotlight series on Vevo DSCVR's 2024 Artists To Watch continues via Nigeria, Italy, Mexico and Germany
Interviews ‘Spinnin’ Records has an independent approach, but with major opportunities on both a local and worldwide level.’ MBW's World Leaders series interviews Ewout Swart and Roger De Graaf, Co-Presidents of Warner Music Group-owned Spinnin’ Records
Analysis News NMPA: Generative AI is ‘the greatest risk to the human creative class that has ever existed’ Everything we learned from the National Music Publishers Association's US Copyright Office submission
Analysis Interviews Sony Music has issued nearly 10,000 deepfake takedowns… and other things we learned from Dennis Kooker’s speech about AI Sony Music's President of Global Digital Business delivered a speech at Chuck Schumer's AI Insight Forum
News TikTok leans further into music with new Artist Accounts for musicians 'Artist Accounts' feature various promotional tools for musicians
News Rio Caraeff appointed Chief Business Officer at Musixmatch Former Vevo CEO joins lyrics and music data platform in key role
News Warner’s Spinnin’ Records forms joint venture with dance label Kanary Records The partnership with Spinnin’ Records will provide Kanary's artists with support and distribution via the Warner Music Group-owned label.