Music Business News: Europe

Hans Zimmer acquires London’s iconic Maida Vale studios from the BBC

Studio has seen the likes of David Bowie, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Dusty Springfield record in the building

The UK’s PRS for Music and PPL team up with music startup Audoo for public performance distributions

Audoo's tech identifies background music being played publicly

BMG ups interest in Eurodance stars SNAP! via acquisition of the writer’s share of royalties of the group’s Michael Münzing

BMG acquired the SNAP! recorded music catalogue in 2018

How live acts can fully monetise their setlists

The following op-ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde

Local artists’ market share is rising on music services, and 3 other things we learned from Denis Ladegaillerie on Believe’s latest earnings call

Paris-headquartered music company published its financial results for the first half of 2023 on Wednesday (August 2)

Iconoclast acquires producer royalties of legendary composer and disco icon Giorgio Moroder

Olivier Chastan’s acquisition vehicle Iconoclast has acquired again

Round Hill Music Royalty Fund expands country portfolio with acquisition of Big Loud Shirt and Craig Wiseman rights

Investments comprise more than 1,200 country hits

Spotify expands AI-powered DJ beta globally six months after launch

The development marks Spotify’s latest effort in embracing AI. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek in April said AI’s relationship with music “is very early days and it’s an incredibly fast developing space.”