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TikTok’s parent has launched an AI music making app. What might this mean for the video platform’s music licensing talks?

How might the launch of Ripple, an AI-powered music making app, play into the short-form video platform's future licensing negotiations

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

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‘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…

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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

Music Business Worldwide

Older Posts

TikTok’s parent has launched an AI music making app. What might this mean for the video platform’s music licensing talks?

SoundCloud teams up with Squarespace, Adobe, Discord, and Rap Plug to expand ‘SoundCloud for Artists’ member benefits

Taylor Swift’s ‘Taylor’s Version’ re-records may be exceeding even her high expectations

UK music licensing company PPL paid out a record £98m to musicians and recorded music rightsholders in June

Spanish authors society SGAE’s revenues hit $367m in 2022 – a 15-year high

Mike Molinar promoted to President at Big Machine Music

Wissam Khodur, a.k.a Eslam Jawaad, joins PopArabia as VP of A&R and Acquisitions

Universal is spending $50 million to boost its market share in Thailand. Expect more M&A activity in Asia to follow.

‘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.’

Sony Music Latin partners with Switzerland-based interactive entertainment firm Nexoom

Tidal to become latest music streaming platform to raise subscription prices

‘We don’t bow to pressure from numbers on a screen. It’s about your artistry and how you speak to your fans.’

‘Clustering reduces the risk of the wrong rights owners being paid and assists in making performer line-ups as complete and consistent as possible.’

Spotify had 44.4m US subscribers in February, Apple Music had 32.6m, according to new data

Sofar claims that artists have generated nearly $650m in ticket and merch sales via its self-serve listings tool since the pandemic

Create Music Group acquires MusicForPets, plans $10m investment to expand in the ‘music for pets’ space

Watch out YouTube, Spotify’s considering adding full-length music videos to its app (report)

Josh Simons named new CEO at music credits firm Jaxsta as Beth Appleton steps down