Music Business News: North America Analysis In the age of generative AI, it’s high time for artists to organize. Bill Werde, Director of the Bandier Music Business Program at Syracuse University, argues that 2026 is the year artists should finally unionize – wielding joint leverage to improve things for anyone who’s ever stood in front of a mic… News Matt Gralen promoted to CEO of Beatport, Helen Sartory upped to President & COO, as longtime Chief Exec Robb McDaniels moves to Executive Chairman role Gralen previously served as President and CFO, while Sartory was most recently Chief Revenue Officer. Interviews ‘To create from a genuine place, you have to be open, vulnerable and sensitive and when you put music out, you need to be the opposite. It’s almost impossible.’ MBW's Inspiring Women series meets former September Management COO-turned-author Delphine Seddon News Chord Music-linked ABS vehicle plans $500M deal, backed by $830M catalog led by Suicideboys, Morgan Wallen, and Ryan Tedder rights Deal collateralized by royalties from a catalog of more than 3,750 works News UMG sues $10B-valued fashion brand Quince for ‘rampant and brazen infringement’ in TikTok posts The company raised a $500 million Series E in March at a $10.1 billion valuation News From Live Nation’s antitrust trial loss to Max Lousada and Julie Greenwald’s 26.2 launch… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days... Analysis News Live Nation and Ticketmaster lose antitrust trial: What happened, what it means, and what comes next Live Nation antitrust verdict explained News Splice launches AI tools that compensate sample creators when their sounds are used Firm says original sample creators will be compensated when their sounds are used to generate new materialPrev 1 … 69 70 71 … 1,390 Next
Analysis In the age of generative AI, it’s high time for artists to organize. Bill Werde, Director of the Bandier Music Business Program at Syracuse University, argues that 2026 is the year artists should finally unionize – wielding joint leverage to improve things for anyone who’s ever stood in front of a mic…
News Matt Gralen promoted to CEO of Beatport, Helen Sartory upped to President & COO, as longtime Chief Exec Robb McDaniels moves to Executive Chairman role Gralen previously served as President and CFO, while Sartory was most recently Chief Revenue Officer.
Interviews ‘To create from a genuine place, you have to be open, vulnerable and sensitive and when you put music out, you need to be the opposite. It’s almost impossible.’ MBW's Inspiring Women series meets former September Management COO-turned-author Delphine Seddon
News Chord Music-linked ABS vehicle plans $500M deal, backed by $830M catalog led by Suicideboys, Morgan Wallen, and Ryan Tedder rights Deal collateralized by royalties from a catalog of more than 3,750 works
News UMG sues $10B-valued fashion brand Quince for ‘rampant and brazen infringement’ in TikTok posts The company raised a $500 million Series E in March at a $10.1 billion valuation
News From Live Nation’s antitrust trial loss to Max Lousada and Julie Greenwald’s 26.2 launch… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
Analysis News Live Nation and Ticketmaster lose antitrust trial: What happened, what it means, and what comes next Live Nation antitrust verdict explained
News Splice launches AI tools that compensate sample creators when their sounds are used Firm says original sample creators will be compensated when their sounds are used to generate new material