Music Business News: Germany News Live events and ticketing company DEAG reports 18% jump in revenue to record high $400m in 2024 The company says it made a 'conscious' decision to increase spending on longer-term investments, even if it meant a shrinking EBITDA News Create Music Group acquires !K7 Music, founded by the late Horst Weidenmüller The deal had been in the works before Horst Weidenmüller’s passing in February News German collection society GEMA distributed $1.22bn to rightsholders in 2024, up 4.7% YoY Performance rights collections have seen a sharp spike amid tepid growth from online music Analysis News From Pophouse’s $1.3bn music rights fund to Morrissey’s legal action… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place… Interviews BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld: ‘Our strategy is setting us up for growth.’ Boss of Bertelsmann's music company talks expansion, streaming prices, AI, and more News CTS Eventim revenues soared 19.1% YoY to $3bn in 2024 “Rising demand, organic growth, ongoing synergies and a successful international acquisition policy are the pillars of our robust growth" Analysis News BMG surpassed $1bn revenue in 2024 and spent $263m buying catalogs – as EBITDA surged to record $287m Revenue up 6.4% YoY, or 8.1% YoY on an organic basis, as catalog spending outstrips 2023 Analysis News 11 quick (and important) takeaways from IFPI’s Global Music Report 2025 The IFPI Global Music Report 2025 reveals a music industry continuing to grow – while facing new challenges and opportunities1 2 … 74 Next
News Live events and ticketing company DEAG reports 18% jump in revenue to record high $400m in 2024 The company says it made a 'conscious' decision to increase spending on longer-term investments, even if it meant a shrinking EBITDA
News Create Music Group acquires !K7 Music, founded by the late Horst Weidenmüller The deal had been in the works before Horst Weidenmüller’s passing in February
News German collection society GEMA distributed $1.22bn to rightsholders in 2024, up 4.7% YoY Performance rights collections have seen a sharp spike amid tepid growth from online music
Analysis News From Pophouse’s $1.3bn music rights fund to Morrissey’s legal action… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Interviews BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld: ‘Our strategy is setting us up for growth.’ Boss of Bertelsmann's music company talks expansion, streaming prices, AI, and more
News CTS Eventim revenues soared 19.1% YoY to $3bn in 2024 “Rising demand, organic growth, ongoing synergies and a successful international acquisition policy are the pillars of our robust growth"
Analysis News BMG surpassed $1bn revenue in 2024 and spent $263m buying catalogs – as EBITDA surged to record $287m Revenue up 6.4% YoY, or 8.1% YoY on an organic basis, as catalog spending outstrips 2023
Analysis News 11 quick (and important) takeaways from IFPI’s Global Music Report 2025 The IFPI Global Music Report 2025 reveals a music industry continuing to grow – while facing new challenges and opportunities