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As ChatGPT sets the internet aflame, will AI write the lyrics of tomorrow’s hits?

Dr. Maya Ackerman talks AI, ChatGPT, and human creativity on the latest MBW Podcast

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These worrying stats send a clear message: The music biz needs a Spotify price rise… now.

The latest episode of MBW's Talking Trends dives into important new data out of the UK

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Where are all the Kate Bush T-shirts?

Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Trends from Music Business Worldwide (MBW) – where we go deep behind the headlines of news stories affecting the entertainment industry. Talking Trends is supported by Voly Music. According to Spotify, Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) was officially its biggest ‘Song Of The Summer’ in … Continued

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Who is going to buy the Pink Floyd catalog?

On this episode of the Talking Trends podcast, Music Business Worldwide founder, Tim Ingham, reveals what his sources are telling him about the process.

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Record labels are seeing slower growth from streaming. But growth is still growth.

Talking Trends: MBW founder, Tim Ingham, looks at the latest numbers to tumble out of the music business

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Strange Fruits has tens of billions of streams – but it’s not without controversy. Its 25-year-old founder speaks out.

Stef van Vugt, founder of Fruits Music, answers MBW's questions on our latest podcast

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When will TikTok start paying the music industry ‘properly’?

The current 'buy-out' model is causing great concern amongst some music industry companies, MBW has learned

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This AI expert just patented technology for Ingrooves that helps indie artists spend money smarter.

SK Sharma, Ingrooves' Chief Analytics and AI Officer, on innovation in the music industry – and working with good people

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I have seen the future of music. It’s scary, and utterly brilliant.

Our mind has been blown by Soundful. Yours will be, too.

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Gunnar Greve: Alan Walker, the metaverse, and why Web3 will ‘completely change the music industry’

Alan Walker's manager and co-composer on the future of the music business – and breaking China

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With Netflix losing subscribers, is music’s own streaming party over?

MBW founder Tim Ingham analyzes Netflix's surprise Q1 2022 downturn, and the impact it might have on Spotify

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Amy Thomson: How I’d Fix The Music Industry In 3 Easy Steps

Hipgnosis' Chief Catalog Officer, Amy Thomson, on what she thinks needs to change in today's music biz

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Spotify just dropped a stat that changes everything about how you should judge the streaming economy

Music Business Worldwide's Talking Trends podcast delves into a major new revelation from Spotify

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Is this the real reason Epic Games acquired Bandcamp? (Clue: It’s got nothing to do with the metaverse.)

Did shock acquisition have more to do with Big Tech commission rates than it did virtual worlds?

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Why are major music companies using other people’s money to buy copyrights?

MBW founder Tim Ingham responds to recent music biz goings-on in our Talking Trends podcast

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Why Country music could be 2022’s big story in the catalog acquisition space

Round Hill's Josh Gruss joins MBW's Tim Ingham to talk country, and the growth in the genre's value

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The fallout from Neil Young’s Spotify protest will go far beyond Joe Rogan

Tim Ingham discusses consequences of Young's music removal on MBW's Talking Trends podcast

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He helped establish Spotify in the US, before selling his startup to Twitter. Now Sachin Doshi wants to transform podcasting at Podimo.

Sachin Doshi joins the MBW Podcast to talk Spotify, overcoming your fears – and the future of podcasting