Music Business News: Sweden Analysis News From the bidding war for Hipgnosis Songs Fund to ByteDance’s battle for TikTok in the US… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days… Analysis News Epidemic Sound has courted controversy over its ‘buy-out deals’. Here’s exactly how the company pays artists…MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points Analysis News A new ‘music-only’ subscription tier is coming to Spotify, confirms Daniel Ek… and 4 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings callSpotify is making good on its aim to become more than a music streaming service Analysis News Spotify subscriber base grew by 3m to 239m in Q1, as company posts biggest ever quarterly profitSpotify posted a "quarterly high" operating income of €168 million ($182.41m) Analysis News Epidemic Sound’s royalty-free music is played 2.5bn times per day on YouTube and TikTok, but company still struggles to turn a profitThe company says there are now 26 million videos on YouTube and TikTok featuring its music News TikTok strikes global ticketing partnership with AXSThe feature is live in the US, UK, Sweden and Australia News B2B music streaming service Soundtrack Your Brand releases an AI Playlist Generator for businessCompany raised $15 million in a pre-growth round in June 2023 News Spotify leans further into artificial intelligence with new ‘AI Playlist’ generator, which turns text prompts into personalized song suggestionsSpotify's Daniel Ek has said AI holds out the promise of improving the user experience and the company's efficiency1 2 … 63 Next
Analysis News From the bidding war for Hipgnosis Songs Fund to ByteDance’s battle for TikTok in the US… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis News Epidemic Sound has courted controversy over its ‘buy-out deals’. Here’s exactly how the company pays artists…MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points
Analysis News A new ‘music-only’ subscription tier is coming to Spotify, confirms Daniel Ek… and 4 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings callSpotify is making good on its aim to become more than a music streaming service
Analysis News Spotify subscriber base grew by 3m to 239m in Q1, as company posts biggest ever quarterly profitSpotify posted a "quarterly high" operating income of €168 million ($182.41m)
Analysis News Epidemic Sound’s royalty-free music is played 2.5bn times per day on YouTube and TikTok, but company still struggles to turn a profitThe company says there are now 26 million videos on YouTube and TikTok featuring its music
News TikTok strikes global ticketing partnership with AXSThe feature is live in the US, UK, Sweden and Australia
News B2B music streaming service Soundtrack Your Brand releases an AI Playlist Generator for businessCompany raised $15 million in a pre-growth round in June 2023
News Spotify leans further into artificial intelligence with new ‘AI Playlist’ generator, which turns text prompts into personalized song suggestionsSpotify's Daniel Ek has said AI holds out the promise of improving the user experience and the company's efficiency