News After securing $100m loan facility to buy music rights, Switzerland-based MusicBird acquires Midge Ure catalog Company says it has acquired the writers share, master recording and neighboring rights income on over 300 songs
Analysis News Believe has cash ‘firepower’ for acquisitions in 2023. What’s it going to buy? Company published its full-year financial results on March 15
News Epic Games to share 40% of Fortnite purchase revenue with ‘island’ creators Epic says that its flagship game has more than half a billion player accounts
Analysis Blog What impact will Metallica’s pressing plant acquisition have on the vinyl industry? This op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
News Donald Glover beats ‘This Is America’ copyright infringement lawsuit Lawsuit was filed in 2021 by Emelike Nwosuocha (aka rapper Kidd Wes)
Analysis From $26.2 billion to TikTok defending itself… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories on MBW from the past seven days
News Kakao Entertainment plots global expansion via the US, strikes partnership with Sony’s Columbia Records Partnership includes 'global management' of rising K-Pop stars, IVE
Analysis 38 million tracks on music streaming services were played ZERO times in 2022. (Or: why Spotify should take a leaf out of Elon Musk’s book.) Should Spotify, in a quest to improve its margin, start playing hardball with its least successful artists?
Analysis Blog ‘Yes, AI is the future of music – but not in the way you’d think.’ The following op-ed comes from Oleg Stavitsky, CEO of AI-powered sound app Endel
News Cutting Edge acquires ‘major’ film music catalog from First Score Music in multi-million dollar deal Company says acquisition gives it full master and publishing rights to more than 75 'premium' film scores
News Downtown to make layoffs across various divisions (report) Unspecified number of roles will be affected across CD Baby, Downtown Music Publishing, Songtrust and Downtown Music Holdings divisions
Analysis Blog By royal disappointment: Why the coronation will present British pop at its most anaemic This op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde.
News Canadian singer-songwriter Corey Hart sells publishing catalog to peermusic He has sold over 16 million records worldwide
News $100m-backed rights company AMR Songs launches, acquires interest in catalog of The Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian Sources tell MBW that AMR Songs has raised USD $100m in backing from institutional investors
News Warner Music Czech Republic invests in hip-hop label, Mike Roft Deal will see Warner Music become the sole distributor for all of Mike Roft’s roster
News Multimedia Music raises another $100m, acquires catalog of Emmy-winning composer Sean Callery New investment sees the company grow its funds from $100 million to $200 million
News As France loses fifth largest recorded music market position to China, TikTok says: We’re not to blame for paid subscription growth slowdown 'There is no evidence to suggest TikTok is diverting music fans away from subscription streaming services,' says Global Head of Music at TikTok, Ole Obermann