Music Business News: United Kingdom News Chris Whiteley appointed Managing Director of Northern Europe at Spotify Whiteley served at Netflix for nearly a decade, including most recently as Managing Director, Business Development in the UK Interviews ‘I’ve spent every day since I’ve known Lola believing that it was going to happen.’ Nick Shymansky on Lola, Amy, gut vs data and the importance of knowing the difference between good and great Analysis News From Sony’s deepfake takedowns to Ackman’s UMG stake sale… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place… News After raising $3.2m, music production and fan engagement platform AMPOLLO unveils advisory board Platform claims to provide 'a unique range of user-friendly tools and engagement opportunities to creators working in music.' News Global recorded music revenues rose 6.5% to $36.2bn in 2024, says MIDiA Research According to MIDiA, streaming revenue grew 6.2% YoY to $22.2 billion News UK trade recorded music revenues topped $1.9bn in 2024 The recorded music industry group is warning of risks to the UK industry from increased competition and proposed AI rules Analysis News Blackstone launches Recognition Music Group… but could the Hipgnosis elephant live on? (Meanwhile, AI has thoughts on the rebrand.) Blackstone confirms it's deleting the Hipgnosis name as the brand for its music assets and operation News Sony Music reveals 75,000 AI deepfake takedowns, slams UK’s ‘rushed’ copyright plans The music giant described the proposed copyright reforms in the UK as a threat to an industry that contributes £7.6 billion annually to the UK economy1 2 … 466 Next
News Chris Whiteley appointed Managing Director of Northern Europe at Spotify Whiteley served at Netflix for nearly a decade, including most recently as Managing Director, Business Development in the UK
Interviews ‘I’ve spent every day since I’ve known Lola believing that it was going to happen.’ Nick Shymansky on Lola, Amy, gut vs data and the importance of knowing the difference between good and great
Analysis News From Sony’s deepfake takedowns to Ackman’s UMG stake sale… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News After raising $3.2m, music production and fan engagement platform AMPOLLO unveils advisory board Platform claims to provide 'a unique range of user-friendly tools and engagement opportunities to creators working in music.'
News Global recorded music revenues rose 6.5% to $36.2bn in 2024, says MIDiA Research According to MIDiA, streaming revenue grew 6.2% YoY to $22.2 billion
News UK trade recorded music revenues topped $1.9bn in 2024 The recorded music industry group is warning of risks to the UK industry from increased competition and proposed AI rules
Analysis News Blackstone launches Recognition Music Group… but could the Hipgnosis elephant live on? (Meanwhile, AI has thoughts on the rebrand.) Blackstone confirms it's deleting the Hipgnosis name as the brand for its music assets and operation
News Sony Music reveals 75,000 AI deepfake takedowns, slams UK’s ‘rushed’ copyright plans The music giant described the proposed copyright reforms in the UK as a threat to an industry that contributes £7.6 billion annually to the UK economy