Analysis News The story of Trefuego’s TikTok hit 90mh – and Sony’s bid to scrub it from the internet It was a TikTok viral hit with hundreds of millions of streams – before Sony issued a copyright takedown. But five months on, it won't go away.
Analysis Blog At least let the CD die with some dignity The following op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
Analysis Blog ‘Artists won’t stop fighting until large broadcast corporations pay fairly for music.’ The following op/ed comes from Michael Huppe, President & CEO of US performance rights organization, SoundExchange
News Sony Music and Todd Moscowitz launch new artist and label services company, Santa Anna Based in New York, Santa Anna will be led by Lee L’Heureux
News Mary Ashley Johnson upped to EVP, Sales and Artist & Label Management, North America at The Orchard; Katie Studley named VP, Nashville Both will report to Colleen Theis, The Orchard’s Chief Operating Officer
News Sony Music settles trademark lawsuit over Future’s ‘High Off Life’ album Complaint was originally filed in 2020
News From the 5 stats that will define the music business in 2023 to UMG being sued over its Spotify equity ownership… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Triller didn’t end up completing an IPO in 2022. Now it’s being sued by Universal Music Group Complaint follows lawsuit filed by Sony Music in 2022
News Vevo partners with TikTok to launch weekly ‘trending on TikTok’ show Show will round up the music videos of the top trending songs on TikTok
News Amazon is cutting over 18,000 jobs, not 10,000 Layoffs at Amazon follow similar moves by other tech giants
Analysis News Universal Music Group sued over its Spotify equity ownership by artist in class action lawsuit Black Sheep says it should have received equity from UMG's holding in Daniel Ek's company
News Downtown Music Holdings acquires Curve Royalty Systems Company was founded in 2019 by Tom Allen, Richard Leach and Ray Bush
News U2, The Killers producer Steve Lillywhite sells music rights to Round Hill Deal includes producer royalties and related rights
Analysis News 5 numbers that will come to define the music business in 2023 MBW picks out a handful of statistics underpinning some of the red-hot issues bubbling away as we type...
Interviews Key Songs in the Life Of… Stuart Camp Ed Sheeran's manager picks the five songs that have meant the most to him in his life and career to date
News De La Soul’s back catalog is coming to streaming platforms for the first time – thanks to deal with Reservoir The deal with Reservoir, announced on Tuesday (January 3), follows the company’s acquisition of the trio’s back catalog as part of its purchase of Tommy Boy Music LLC for about $100 million
News The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ overtakes Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ to become Spotify’s most-streamed track of all time There's a new No. 1 in Spotify's all-time-most-streamed rankings
News Deezer admits data breach that potentially exposed over 220 million users’ info Deezer blames third-party partner for information being hacked