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
Analysis The music industry obsesses over the wrong kind of ‘discovery’. MBW founder, Tim Ingham, on the strange reasons we fall in love with artists, and how hard that is to measure
Analysis 3 observations on… how Japan’s music industry caters to (and relies on) ‘superfans’ more than any other market Examples of how Japan's music business has fostered a special kind of connection with superfans in its market
News HYBE-signed K-Pop stars Le Sserafim partner with games developer Blizzard Entertainment for Overwatch 2 collaboration The deal marks the game’s first musical artist collaboration
News Simon Cowell buys stake in content creator streaming startup Lounges.tv The Times reports that the startup is close to completing a £2.5m funding round that will value the business at £20m
News Warner Music opens new creative hub in Amsterdam to house Benelux units and Spinnin’ Records The new hub brings together Warner Music Benelux, Warner Chappell Music Benelux, and Spinnin’ Records under one roof for the first time
News TikTok sponsors Independent Label category as countdown to A&R Awards continues Short-form video giant joints the party by backing super-competitive category at next month's big night
Analysis News From Universal’s missing catalog on TikTok Music to Graham Nash’s catalog sale… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
News Universal Music just opened a retail ‘superstore’ for ‘super fans’ in Tokyo – plus The Rolling Stones’ second flagship store The Store features RS No.9 HARAJUKU, the second permanent Rolling Stones retail store outside of London
News TikTok Music just launched publicly in Australia, Singapore and Mexico… without Universal Music’s catalog Universal's recorded music catalog remains available on TikTok Music in Brazil and Indonesia
Analysis News Gap between music and video streaming prices widens as Netflix announces $3 hike to Premium subscriptions Netflix Premium will now cost $22.99 per month in the US, up $3 from $19.99, an increase of 15%