Music Business News: United States

BandLab parent relaunches long-running music media brand NME as global print magazine

Magazine will have exclusive availability via BandLab parent-owned Music Retailer Dawsons

15% of the general population in the US are ‘superfans.’ Here’s what that means for the music business.

Recent stats published by US market monitor Luminate highlight the impact that superfans are having on the music business

HarbourView acquires again, snapping up select music assets of artist, songwriter and producer, Blackbear

Blackbear co-wrote Justin Bieber's six-time platinum single, Boyfriend

Laffitte Management Group and Sony Music join $12m Series A funding round for creator commerce platform KOMI

Startup has raised $17m in a little over a year

TikTok and Warner Music Group sign ‘first of its kind’ multi-year licensing deal – including scope for ‘additional and alternative economic models’

WMG boss Robert Kyncl and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew make major joint announcement

TikTok launches global ‘Elevate’ rising artists program to ‘identify the next wave of emerging stars’

TikTok says it will offer 'meaningful support both in-app and out in the world'.

HYBE share price bounces 3% after Jungkook breaks Spotify record with nearly 16m debut-day global streams of Seven

It's the biggest opening day of any track in 2023 on Spotify, and the biggest ever opening for a collaboration

From Luminate’s midyear Music Report to Mubert’s 100m AI-generated tracks… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The headlines from the past week you can't afford to miss...