News Spotify ‘to phase out its service in Uruguay’ from January 1, 2024 over music copyright law changes Parliament of Uruguay passed a budget bill that includes changes concerning 'equitable remuneration' for performers
News Universal Music expands Africa presence with Sewasew licensing deal in Ethiopia 'First-of-its kind' deal will bring artists signed to UMG's labels to the Ethiopia-focused streaming service
News Universal, Concord and ABKCO ask court for injunction to stop Anthropic’s AI from using their song lyrics The three publishers sued multi-billion-dollar-backed AI company Anthropic in October
Analysis WMG’s Robert Kyncl expects more artist-centric streaming deals, and 2 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call Warner Music Group's CEO weighed in on YouTube's new AI tool that clones superstars' voices, and said he's talking to politicians about AI regulation.
News K-pop giant SM Entertainment partners with UK-based Moon&Back to launch global search for new boy band The “first-of-its-kind partnership” between South Korean and British entertainment firms aims launch a TV show to discover “the next worldwide boy band sensation.”
News Another suitor wants BMI – and has put a $2bn+ proposal on the table MBW sources tell us that a SPAC has made a significant proposition to BMI management
News Warner Records launches country music JV with Charly Salvatore’s Underscore Works JV to discover and develop new talent comes amid a banner year for the country music genre
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Caron Veazey Pharrell's former manager, co-founder of the BMAC and founder of Something in Common selects seven tracks to tell the story of her life so far...
Analysis Live Nation’s Michael Rapino lays out the argument for why concerts – not streaming – are the future of the music biz Rapino spoke at length at Liberty Media's investor conference in New York last week, breaking down the economics of his company's field
Analysis Believe has developed software that detects AI-made music with 98% accuracy. What might this mean for the future? Believe's "AI Radar" could help the streamer and music distributor establish itself as a "responsible" user of AI technology.
News Tim Braüner appointed Director of International A&R at Warner Music Nordics and Denmark Exec will be returning to Denmark after recently serving in New York as Vice President of A&R for Atlantic Records
News BandLab rolls out distribution service in partnership with FUGA BandLab's music-making app, partly built on AI-driven tech, has attracted over 60m registered users to date
News Music funding platform beatBread launches advances of up to $3m for songwriters, hires BMG’s Spencer LeBoff LeBoff joins as General Manager of Publishing
Analysis News Sony generated $2.33bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q3, up 8.3% YoY Travis Scott's Utopia was Sony Music's biggest revenue-generating project globally in calendar Q3
News Universal Music strikes strategic partnership with India-based talent agency REPRESENT The two companies plan to work together on artist development, fan engagement and other efforts