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.
Interviews ‘You always feel the pressure, but never let the biz get in the way of creativity’ Super-producer Tay Keith on working with Drake and Travis Scott, building a business empire - and why he might just retire from the game and take up teaching when he hits 50
News peermusic extends ICE Core licensing deal with ICE Services Peermusic says it has experienced a substantial surge in royalties, boasting an average year-over-year increase of over 60%.
Interviews Please, don’t call it distribution. JT Myers and Nat Pastor on their plans for Virgin Music Group, competing with The Orchard, and their disdain for the D-word
News Europe’s artists and labels could lose $137m annually to US recorded music rightsholders if EU law isn’t changed, trade groups warn A “devastating” transfer of over €125 million every year out of Europe and into the US “is on the horizon"
News Warner’s ADA to distribute select artists’ music from generative AI platform Boomy in ‘first-of-its-kind deal’ Under the deal, ADA will distribute some Boomy artists across platforms including Spotify, TikTok and Apple Music
Analysis News Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist on Spotify in 2023, with over 26.1bn global streams Spotify has published its year-end charts alongside the launch of its 2023 Wrapped campaign
News Sony Music and CTS EVENTIM acquire two ticketing firms in South America via joint venture EVENTIM joint venture to acquire majority stakes in Punto Ticket in Chile and Teleticket in Peru
News Samsung-owned audio giant HARMAN acquires music streaming tech platform Roon Roon will continue its operations as a standalone business within HARMAN, maintaining its existing team and operational structure.