Music Business News: Sweden

Interviews

Artificial intelligence A&R tools keep finding new hit artists. This one actually ‘listens’ to music.

Musiio believes it's invented tech that's never been seen before in the music industry. The company's CEO, Hazel Savage, explains what it can do.

News

Warner Chappell Music signs worldwide publishing deal with Swedish DJ and producer Alesso

Alesso has worked with the likes of Calvin Harris, Florida Georgia Line, Marshmello and Ryan Tedder

Analysis

Could Epidemic Sound really be worth more than $1bn?

How Epidemic might pitch investors on its catalog, rather than its company

News

Spotify subs grew by 6m in Q3, but Daniel Ek’s company has posted a net loss of over $500m so far this year

ARPU down (again) but firm's total revenues jump above $2bn in the quarter

News

Amuse expands AI-driven royalty advances of up to $300,000 to independent artists’ collaborators

'Hundreds of artists' have used Fast Forward royalty advance service since it launched last year, states Amuse

Interviews

FuturePulse just launched a music forecasting platform – but needs the industry’s help

How EU-backed public research project FuturePulse is aiming to build the music industry forecasting tech of tomorrow

News

Soundtrack Your Brand renews global licensing deal with Warner Music, launches new on-demand streaming service for businesses

New on-demand service enables businesses to jump, skip and replay tracks

News

Epidemic Sound posted $42m in net revenues in 2019 – and a $23m operating loss

Controversial production music company's financials laid bare by MBW