Music Business News: Italy News Downtown Music Publishing inks global deal with PDU, the company from iconic Italian singer MinaItalian singer Mina has sold more than 150 million records worldwide News Italy’s paid music streaming subscription revenues jump 23% as local acts completely dominate chartsWith Italy lagging Western countries in paid music subscribers, strong growth is expected to continue News Federica Tremolada promoted to General Manager for Europe at Spotify, as Michael Krause exits after 7 yearsKrause joined Spotify in October 2017 Analysis News Three quarters of all royalties generated by UK artists on Spotify in 2023 came from listeners outside of the UKSpotify has recently broken out streaming royalty data for a bunch of individual markets in Europe News New music industry trade body The Web3 Music Association launchesSergio Mottola will lead W3M as President & CEO News Musixmatch partners with AI company Runway to let artists generate AI-powered lyric videosThe tool can also directly export the compositions as 30-second clips to create assets for social media, and Spotify Canvas. News Spotify challenges YouTube, launching music videos for Premium users in 11 marketsThe 11 markets include the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Kenya. Analysis Robert Kyncl: The EU shouldn’t miss the opportunity to include meaningful transparency and record-keeping obligations in the AI ActThe Warner Music Group boss gives a strong message on responsible AI ahead of crucial lawmaking decision1 2 … 13 Next
News Downtown Music Publishing inks global deal with PDU, the company from iconic Italian singer MinaItalian singer Mina has sold more than 150 million records worldwide
News Italy’s paid music streaming subscription revenues jump 23% as local acts completely dominate chartsWith Italy lagging Western countries in paid music subscribers, strong growth is expected to continue
News Federica Tremolada promoted to General Manager for Europe at Spotify, as Michael Krause exits after 7 yearsKrause joined Spotify in October 2017
Analysis News Three quarters of all royalties generated by UK artists on Spotify in 2023 came from listeners outside of the UKSpotify has recently broken out streaming royalty data for a bunch of individual markets in Europe
News New music industry trade body The Web3 Music Association launchesSergio Mottola will lead W3M as President & CEO
News Musixmatch partners with AI company Runway to let artists generate AI-powered lyric videosThe tool can also directly export the compositions as 30-second clips to create assets for social media, and Spotify Canvas.
News Spotify challenges YouTube, launching music videos for Premium users in 11 marketsThe 11 markets include the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Kenya.
Analysis Robert Kyncl: The EU shouldn’t miss the opportunity to include meaningful transparency and record-keeping obligations in the AI ActThe Warner Music Group boss gives a strong message on responsible AI ahead of crucial lawmaking decision