Music Business News: Germany

Vevo dscvr artists to watch 2025: Ella Langley, Cloudy June, Good Neighbours

Three more potential stars from MBW's series focused on Vevo's Artists To Watch 2025 list...

CTS Eventim’s nine-month revenue jumps 16% to $2.1B after See Tickets merger

The company expects a significant year-over-year increase in EBITDA for 2024

TikTok strikes new long-term partnership with ICE

The new deal will give TikTok continued access to ICE's vast catalog of more than 54 million musical works from over 330,000 rightsholders

Analysis News

From GEMA’s copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to Hipgnosis’ $1.47bn ABS deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

News

SoundCloud rolls out new monetization feature as part of enhanced upload experience

The new feature eliminates multiple steps previously required for artists to monetize their content on the platform

News

ChatGPT maker OpenAI, valued at $157bn, sued by GEMA in Germany over unlicensed use of song lyrics

GEMA represents the copyrights of around 95,000 members in Germany (composers, lyricists, music publishers) as well as over two million rightsholders worldwide

Analysis News

TikTok’s SoundOn is signing artists… and battling labels on the charts.

MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment events or news stories...

Interviews

Paradise Worldwide wants to help Gen AI platforms become licensed – and get rightsholders paid in the process

Company claims to be the "only Independent All Rights Distributor" with its own AI department