News Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo sell ‘select’ recorded music and publishing assets to HarbourView They have sold over 30 million records worldwide
News Spotify’s price hike didn’t hurt subscriptions, and 3 other things we learned on its latest earnings call MBW listened in to SPOT's Q3 earnings call. Here's what we learned...
News Grimes and CreateSafe partner with Slip.stream to make 200+ GrimesAI songs available to content creators Partnership will allow creators to incorporate GrimesAI songs in their videos, podcasts and livestreams
News HarbourView acquires Christine McVie’s share of Fleetwood Mac recorded music royalties 'Christine is a decorated and iconic legend in the history of rock ‘n’ Roll. She is a global treasure,' said HarbourView's Sherrese Clarke Soares
News Peermusic acquires Arctic Rights Management – one of the largest independent music publishers in Norway Arctic Rights Management's catalog features over 5,000 recordings and compositions
News TikTok expands into live music, with first ‘TikTok In The Mix’ concert to be headlined by Cardi B, Niall Horan, Anitta, and Charlie Puth Event is scheduled for Sunday, December 10, 2023, at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona.
News Transgressive Publishing and Warner Chappell UK extend joint venture News arrives as Foals sign a new deal with Transgressive for their catalog, side projects and future recordings
News Spotify is changing its royalty model to crush streaming fraud and introduce a minimum payment threshold. Its plan? To shift $1 billion in payouts towards ‘working artists’ over the next 5 years. Exclusive: Music Business Worldwide has learned of Spotify's plan to introduce a number of new measures in Q1 2024 – and shift $1 billion away from bad actors
Analysis News Believe generated $234m in Q3, up 9.1% YoY Paris-headquartered music company Believe has published its financial results for Q3 2023
Interviews ‘We operate at the intersection between creativity and culture for our artists.’ Warner Music's Bob Workman on brand partnerships, and working on high-profile campaigns for superstars like Ed Sheeran…
News Robin Nastri named SVP, Global Business Office at Sony Music Publishing Exec joins SMP from Accenture
News Music distributor Alliance Entertainment generated calendar Q2 revenues of $247m, down 7% YoY Company has published its fiscal Q4 (calendar Q2) results for the three months ended June 30
Analysis News Spotify added 6m Premium subscribers in Q3 – and posted a quarterly profit Spotify's global Premium Subscriber base grew to 226 million paying users in Q3
News Blackstone-backed $440m acquisition offer for Hipgnosis Songs Fund assets sees off rival interest Process clears the way for Thursday's shareholder vote from Hipgnosis Songs Fund
News The Circuit Group and Defected Records form strategic partnership for North American and UK expansion The Circuit Group was launched by Dean and Jessica Wilson of Seven20, and Brett Fischer, David Gray, and Harvey Tadman of AYITA
Analysis Blatant Plagiarism? 5 key takeaways from Universal’s lyrics lawsuit against AI unicorn Anthropic Lawsuit against AI company could prove to be a decisive moment in establishing the legal boundaries of artificial intelligence
News Juice WRLD estate, Dr. Luke sued over royalties for ‘Not Enough’ The lawsuit also names as a defendant music publisher Opus Music Group, which acquired a large stake in Juice WRLD’s catalog earlier this year.
News AI music startup Boomy partners with fraud detection company Beatdapp to ‘ensure the integrity’ of its platform Around 7% of tracks made on Boomy and then distributed to Spotify were deleted by Daniel Ek's company earlier this year