News Apple expands availability of classical music streaming app to Android Android rollout arrives two months after the app launched on the App store
News ByteDance expands responsibility of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to include its Instagram rival Lemon8 (report) ByteDance is putting another of its apps, Lemon8, 'under Chew’s supervision', according to a report from The Information
News 100+ CEOs and scientists, including ChatGPT boss Sam Altman, warn of ‘risk of extinction’ from future AI systems AI experts issue statement warning about the potential dangers of advanced artificial intelligence
Interviews TikTok is under fire from some of music’s most powerful players. Its global music boss says the future’s bright – and answers some tough questions. Ole Obermann sits down with MBW to talk payouts, Resso, and that Australia experiment
News Tokyo-based virtual live music platform VARK raises USD $7.2m from NetEase Games, others Startup offers a virtual live music event platform, metaverse templates, and video creation support tools for 3D avatars
News Google to pay Sonos $32.5m for infringing smart speaker patent Sonos has emerged victorious in a patent infringement lawsuit against Google
News ‘Boss and Swift Act‘ proposed in Congress to regulate live events ticket market Bill is aimed at regulating ticket sales
News Perry Bashkoff, Instagram’s Director of Music Partnerships, exits amid job cuts at parent company Meta In a recent LinkedIn post, Bashkoff confirmed that he was one of those affected by Meta’s layoffs
News Queen music catalog could be sold this year for over $1 billion, say MBW sources Major music companies including Universal Music Group have been in discussions for the acquisition, we're told, in addition to players from the world of private equity
News From the 120,000 tracks hitting streaming services daily to Universal’s AI sound partnership… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place
News Copyright Royalty Board confirms streaming royalty rate for songwriters for 2018-2022 The Copyright Royalty Board issued a written determination this week upholding the Phonorecords III mechanical royalty rate
Analysis News Live Nation President and CFO talks AI, ticketing legislation and TikTok at J.P. Morgan conference Live Nation President and CFO Joe Bertold was interviewed at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference this week
News CISAC reports ‘sharp’ rise in collections in Greece and global music identifier system progress in annual report International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) has published its latest annual report
News Jen Hubbard appointed Director, Sync A&R at Concord Music Publishing Exec will be responsible for the development and management of Concord’s US songwriter roster for the purpose of sync activity
News Personalised video platform HiNOTE teams up with Ticketmaster, Wu-Tang Clan and De La Soul Platform has secured what it says is a "strategic placement" on Ticketmaster
News After raising $25m, BandLab parent offloads UK music media brand Uncut Divestment of Uncut arrives in the same week that BandLab Technologies raised $25m, valuing the company at $425m
News Snapchat teams up with Republic Records to launch virtual ‘Band Tees’ merch Debut collection features 'digital merch tops' from Greta Van Fleet, Jonas Brothers, Kim Petras, Lil Wayne, Metro Boomin and Nicki Minaj