Music Business News: United States

Founder of music streaming service BlueBeat indicted over alleged $3.1m fraud scheme

A federal grand jury has indicted Hank Risan, the 70-year-old founder of music streaming service BlueBeat, on four counts of wire fraud

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From Live Nation’s record Q2 concerts revenue to Kobalt’s new AI deal… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

The biggest headlines from the past seven days... all in one place

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ONErpm signs string of North American artists – including a Grammy winner

Nashville-headquartered company announces quartet of newly-signed artists in line with cross-genre growth strategy

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How Live Nation just grew Concerts revenue by 19.0% YoY… despite putting on fewer shows

Analysis of company's latest numbers show how international expansion is driving its strategy

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AEG expands global partnership with American Express across festivals, venues, events on four continents

American Express Chief Marketing Officer Elizabeth Rutledge called AEG 'one of most trusted and strategic partners'

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Warner Music Group regains momentum: underlying recorded music revenues up 8.3% YoY in calendar Q2, subscription revenues up 8.5%

Warner, led by Robert Kyncl, saw a reacceleration of growth in key metrics

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Sony generated $2.77bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q2 2025, up 8.8% YoY

Bad Bunny's latest album was Sony's biggest revenue-generating project in the three months around the world

Analysis

Substack isn’t the right model for music. But there’s still a future to believe in.

MBW Views is a series of exclusive op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following comes from Matt Jones, CEO of Medallion and former CEO of Songkick. Jones has spent over 15 years building direct-to-fan platforms and has facilitated hundreds of millions in artist revenue through various fan engagement models. Substack … Continued