Music Business News: United States

Spotify quietly discontinues ‘Car Thing’ device shortly after US launch

Device was unveiled by the streaming giant in April 2021

Piracy tracking startup MUSO raises $3.9m from Puma Private Equity

MUSO reports to have seen a 25% increase in general digital piracy year-on-year

Matt Gralen named Chief Financial Officer at Beatport

Exec most recently served as EVP of Corporate Development at UnitedMasters

Kyle Elwin appointed People and Culture Lead at Merlin

'The opportunity to help nurture the people and culture at Merlin is an incredible opportunity,' said Elwin

Analysis Blog News

How to justify Bruce Springsteen’s skyrocketing ticket prices

MBW Reacts is a series of short comment pieces from the MBW team

Sir Lucian Grainge on Universal’s new deal with Meta – and his belief that investment banks don’t ‘have the skill-sets or ability to exploit music rights’

Grainge was joined by Michael Nash and Boyd Muir on a call with analysts last week

Is old music really exploding on TikTok, or has our definition of ‘catalog’ become outdated?

New Chartmetric report shines a light on relevant data within much-discussed industry issue

After raising $37m in January, Symphonic Distribution buys marketing agency, Streaming Promotions

Founded in 2015, Streaming Promotions is based in Nashville