News Spotify pledges $10m fund to support artists hit by Coronavirus pandemic "Combatting the impact of this pandemic on the music industry will take a massive global effort..."
News Peermusic promotes Timothy Cohan to Chief Counsel Exec was previously Senior Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs
News Spotify South Korea launch could be imminent (report) Company has reportedly set up an office in Seoul
News PRS for Music launches emergency fund during Coronavirus pandemic; songwriters can claim up to £1k each Applicants will receive support up to a value of £1,000
News Live Nation share price rallies again, up 15% today Company's stock continues improvement after harsh period at start of last week
News Coronavirus quarantine appears to be driving a global TikTok download boom Data from SensorTower, provided to MBW, shows a definite trend in the US and worldwide
News $500m-backed Saban Music Group’s first release tops Latin Airplay Chart Company is backed by multi-billionaire entertainment mogul, Haim Saban
Analysis News ‘Signs of crisis’: Coronavirus now expected to halt Italy’s recorded music growth in 2020 "The current situation will probably hit the physical market very hard, and we hope streaming can remain at least flat for the next few months."
Analysis News BMG revenues climbed 10% to $674m in 2019… with a 23% profit margin Company's revenues have grown more than 60% since 2015
Analysis Blog Finding Gratitude and Purpose in Crisis: ‘I can’t control what’s happening in the outside world – what I can control is my mindset…’ 300 Entertainment CEO, Kevin Liles, on his enforced break from the office... and being a dad
Analysis News Confirmed: Music streaming WAS down last week amid Coronavirus quarantine… but not on YouTube MBW takes a look at streaming across the globe, the US, Italy and the UK
News TikTok donates $10m to World Health Organization to fight COVID-19 Donation has been given to WHO's Solidarity Response Fund
News Spotify is testing a feature that recommends music to match the ‘moment and mood’ of a photo (report) Feature was spotted by Jane Manchun Wong
News Emergency Coronavirus fund for songwriters worth up to $43m launched by GEMA in Germany The €40m aid fund will be provided by GEMA in a two-stage program, PRO confirms
News The Weeknd enjoys major debut on Spotify with new album, racking up over 59m chart streams in a day Drake's Scorpion remains the record-holder for day one global streams with more than 132m
News Paradigm set to lay off over 100 staff – more than a seventh of its workforce – as Coronavirus live music lockdown hurts agencies Paradigm CEO Sam Gores hopes redundancies will be "temporary"
News Songtradr sacrifices fees, giving 100% of sync money to artists, for a full month, in response to COVID-19 woes "Artists have supported us through our journey. Now it’s time for us to step up and support them in a big way."
News SoundCloud slashes SoundCloud Pro Unlimited price, partners with Twitch to help creators during Coronavirus live show shutdown "We are all facing an unprecedented situation."