News SoundCloud teams up with Squarespace, Adobe, Discord, and Rap Plug to expand ‘SoundCloud for Artists’ member benefits The collaborations expand SoundCloud's 'SoundCloud for Artists' Member Benefits program
Analysis Taylor Swift’s ‘Taylor’s Version’ re-records may be exceeding even her high expectations MBW crunches the latest streaming figures for Swift's catalog, and mulls what it means for her masterplan
News UK music licensing company PPL paid out a record £98m to musicians and recorded music rightsholders in June PPL's quarterly payment of £98m marked a 37% YoY rise
News Spanish authors society SGAE’s revenues hit $367m in 2022 – a 15-year high Society distributed $332.59m to its members in 2022
News Mike Molinar promoted to President at Big Machine Music Molinar has led BMM since its inception in 2011
News Wissam Khodur, a.k.a Eslam Jawaad, joins PopArabia as VP of A&R and Acquisitions He was was most recently Spotify’s Head of the Middle East and North Africa
Analysis Universal is spending $50 million to boost its market share in Thailand. Expect more M&A activity in Asia to follow. The majority-acquisition of RS Group in Thailand may indicate that more M&A swoops are on the way from Universal
Interviews ‘Some of the most successful and prominent talent that I’ve worked with are also some of the most shrewd and commercial minds that I’ve worked with.’ Adrian Sykes talks to one of the UK music industry’s most prominent and respected lawyers, Nick Eziefula...
News Sony Music Latin partners with Switzerland-based interactive entertainment firm Nexoom Nexoom specializes in livestreaming, esports, gaming, music, sports and non-gaming content
News Tidal to become latest music streaming platform to raise subscription prices Price for the Tidal Hi-Fi subscription will go up from $9.99 to $10.99 per month in the US
Interviews ‘We don’t bow to pressure from numbers on a screen. It’s about your artistry and how you speak to your fans.’ MBW's Inspiring Women series interviews Twiggy Rowley, who co-manages Charli XCX alongside her business partner Sam Pringle and Brandon Creed in the US
Analysis Blog ‘Clustering reduces the risk of the wrong rights owners being paid and assists in making performer line-ups as complete and consistent as possible.’ PPL’s Chief Information Officer Mark Douglas examines the potential for ‘clustering’ to help solve problems ranging from accuracy to fraud…
Analysis News Spotify had 44.4m US subscribers in February, Apple Music had 32.6m, according to new data Stats were revealed at the NMPA annual meeting on June 14
News Sofar claims that artists have generated nearly $650m in ticket and merch sales via its self-serve listings tool since the pandemic Company revealed the figure in a recent blog post
News Create Music Group acquires MusicForPets, plans $10m investment to expand in the ‘music for pets’ space Music For Pets has gained popularity through its franchises like 'Relax My Dog' which has 1.47m YouTube subscribers
News Watch out YouTube, Spotify’s considering adding full-length music videos to its app (report) Bloomberg reports that Spotify is in discussions to test full-length music videos in its app
News Josh Simons named new CEO at music credits firm Jaxsta as Beth Appleton steps down Simons joined Jaxsta in February when the company acquired Vampr, a company he founded and led as CEO
News Universal to acquire catalog of Thailand’s RS Group, inks partnership to expand presence in the market RS Group is claimed to hold the second largest music catalog in Thailand