News Riot Games cuts 530 roles globally as it ‘more tightly integrates esports, music, and entertainment’ with its games Riot Games is laying off around 11% of its workforce
News Kat Von D wins copyright trial over Miles Davis tattoo Jury agreed with the argument made by lawyers for Kat Von D that her tattooing an image of Miles Davis was “fair use” and didn’t infringe copyright
News Tuned Global and LyricFind team up on tech integration The collaboration will extend LyricFind's products to a network of music and media services globally where Tuned Global has partnerships
Analysis News From Spotify’s ‘superfan clubs’ to Apple Music’s spatial audio royalty boost… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Interviews Dot Da Genius on Kid Cudi, Kanye, the possibility of a producers’ strike and why he wants to ‘completely overhaul’ the current music industry business model Kid Cudi's key creative collaborator discusses his breakthrough, his biggest records, AI and why he's keeping hold of his catalog - for now
Analysis As ‘artist-centric’ nobbles DIY aggregators, is a big-money ‘middle class’ distribution acquisition inevitable in 2024? Could any of the three majors, looking for a swift market share boost, execute a humdinger of an acquisition in the rest of 2024?
News Universal Music unveils ‘UMusicLift’ hub for music startups UMusicLift will support “the next generation of diverse, music-related startups and entrepreneurs who aim to accelerate the next wave of digital transformation”
News Rick Gerson’s Alpha Wave Global, backer of Elon Musk and X, has invested in Gamma Gamma's logo started appearing on the section of Alpha Wave's homepage reflecting its investments earlier this month
News Sports music licensing company ClicknClear inks deal with Warner Chappell Music Over 100 million young people worldwide participate in sports like gymnastics and figure skating, where music plays a crucial role
Music Business Jobs SENTRIC MUSIC Sentric Music Group – Client Manager (UK) Min 3 years of experience with a proven track record in a publisher, label, DSP, management company or booking agent requiredJob type: OperationsLocation: London, LiverpoolApplications for this position have now closed.
Analysis News India could become the world’s biggest music streaming market by volume in 2024 – overtaking the USA Total on-demand music streams in India were up by nearly half a billion in 2023 vs. 2022, according to Luminate
Music Business Jobs WARNER MUSIC GROUP Warner Music Group – Manager, Creative (US) Must have at least three (3) years of experience in synchronization in music publishing, recorded music or other music rights administrationJob type: A&R/CreativeLocation: Los AngelesApplications for this position have now closed.
Analysis Primary Wave could buy a ‘music platform’. Here’s 4 ideas about what it might acquire… Company teased that it was targeting a music platform last week. Which areas will it be considering?
News Live music company DEAG plans to re-list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and raise between €40m to €50m to spend on M&A The company first went public in 1998 and delisted in January 2021
News Apple Music to pay artists up to 10% higher royalties for music available in Spatial Audio Music available in Spatial Audio will now receive a greater share of royalties from Apple Music