Analysis Hipgnosis Songs Fund may soon sell some copyrights. Why – and who might be the buyer? What's happening with one of the week's big stories – and where we think it might go in future
Analysis News English language music’s popularity on streaming services is shrinking in the US… and globally. English language music is becoming statistically less popular on streaming services
News Marty Silverstone promoted to President, Global Sync at Primary Wave Exec is a 13-year veteran of Primary Wave
News Elon Musk just launched his own AI company, xAI Company's stated goal is to 'understand the true nature of the universe.'
News Reservoir acquires catalog of rock artist and songwriter Greg Kihn Deal includes publishing, recording, and distribution rights to Kihn’s Beserkley Records era catalog
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Gary Gersh AEG's President of Global Touring and Talent talks us through the tracks that have meant the most to him
News Universal Music Group calls on US Congress to pass new rules regulating AI Jeffrey Harleston, General Counsel and EVP for Business and Legal Affairs at UMG, appeared a Senate hearing this week
News Superstar Chinese singer-songwriter Tia Ray inks global publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group Tia Ray is the first and only Chinese singer to be listed on IFPI’s Top 10 Global Singles Chart
Analysis News Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s like-for-like net revenues rose 10.9% in FY 2023, streaming revenues up 14.8% last year Firm calls period its strongest FY performance since its IPO five years ago
News Rami Mohsen appointed Managing Director of Sony Music Middle East Mohsen previously served as the Head of Music - Middle East, North Africa & South Asia Subset at Spotify
Analysis Blog ‘We should all be keeping a close eye on HYBE and how it fares in its quest to rival major labels on a worldwide basis.’ The following op/ed from MBW founder Tim Ingham first appeared as the leader in the latest issue of MBW’s premium quarterly sister publication, MBUK
News Hipgnosis Song Management makes three key appointments: Danny Bennett, Sara Lord and Patrick Joest Bennett joins as Executive Vice President, Lord joins as Executive Vice President, Content Creation and Patrick Joest named Head of Synchronisation
News Sony Music Masterworks’ Terrapin Station acquires event producer Black Ink Presents Sony Music Masterworks is continuing its campaign of acquisitions in the live music space
News Snoop Dogg joins $20m Series A funding round for music NFT platform, Sound Series A funding round led by a16z crypto.
News OpenAI secures license to access training data from Shutterstock… including its music libraries Shutterstock and OpenAI inked their original deal in 2021
Analysis News On-demand audio streams grew 13.5% to reach 616.5bn in the US in H1… and 5 other key stats from Luminate’s midyear report On-demand song streams (including audio and video streams) grew 15% YoY to 713.5bn in the US last year, while on-demand audio streams grew 13.5% to reach 616.5bn
Analysis News 100 million AI-generated tracks have been created by music platform Mubert Figure is roughly equal to the entire catalog of tracks available on Spotify
News Cutting Edge acquires majority stake in White Stork, the publishing company of UK composer Tom Howe CEMM's acquisition of White Stork follows its eight-figure deal with pop songwriter and producer Jamie Hartman in May