News Spotify and Merlin ink multi-year global licensing deal Independent music licensing group Merlin and Spotify have renewed their global, multi-year licensing partnership
News Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is already a record breaker, as album becomes first to surpass 5m pre-saves on Spotify Spotify is celebrating the album’s release with a three-day pop-up event in New York City from September 30 through October 2.
News YouTube tests AI music host feature to challenge Spotify’s AI DJ YouTube's AI host shares relevant stories, fan trivia and commentary about the music that’s playing on the YouTube Music app.
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Alan Price Vevo's CEO raids his musical memory bank for the songs that have sound-tracked his life and career
News Lars Karlsson of Warner Chappell Music Nordics honored with Tampere Music Award 2025 Karlsson recognized for shaping Nordic and global music markets
Interviews Meet the Emmy-nominated executive driving HYBE’s regional Mexican Music strategy at S1ENTO Records MBW's Trailblazers series meets Myrna Pérez, General Manager of HYBE-owned Regional Mexican music-focused label, S1ENTO Records
News In ‘landmark’ move, SESAC and GMR join ASCAP and BMI’s ‘Songview’ copyright database, expanding platform to 38m+ works Platform will feature information for over 38m musical works licensed by the four major performing rights organizations in the United States
News Ian Harrison named CEO of A2IM, as Richard James Burgess steps down after 10 years Harrison assumes the role of CEO starting Wednesday, October 1
News After ‘stream ripping’ allegations added to Suno lawsuit, labels seek to beef up Udio complaint with claims of ‘illegal scraping’ from YouTube The new filing adds a third cause of action, claiming Udio “circumvented technological measures” to obtain copyrighted material.
Analysis Why lawsuits over counterfeit merch are on the rise. It's become easier than ever to make and sell counterfeit merchandise, while merch sales have become more important than ever to artists
News Cora Lam named Head of Legal and Business Affairs at Universal Music Greater China; Mark Gao joins as SVP of Brand Partnerships Both will be based in Hong Kong and report directly to Timothy Xu, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Greater China.
News Zach Bryan just played the biggest ticketed show in US history – including $5m in merch sales 112,408 fans watched country singer Zach Bryan perform on Saturday (September 27)
News MLC can file amended complaint in ‘bundling’ lawsuit against Spotify, court says The Mechanical Licensing Collective secures crucial procedural victory in legal battle with Spotify
News Jose Cedeño promoted to EVP/General Manager of Interscope Capitol Miami Latin music veteran Jose Cedeño takes the helm of Interscope Capitol Miami
Analysis News From the MLC’s ‘bundling’ lawsuit revival to Spotify deleting 75m+ ‘spammy’ tracks… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days – all in one place
News Virgin Music Group expands into Vietnam via JV with The Metub Company The new venture will be led by Nam Nhu Nguyen, who will be based in Ho Chi Minh City.
News Independent electronic music giant Armada launches new London creative hub Company opens 7,000-square-foot HQ in London
News Trump signs executive order paving way for ‘$14bn’ US TikTok deal A deal to transfer TikTok's US operations to US owners appears to be getting closer.