News The Beatles’ last song ‘Now and Then’ to be released November 2 Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr relied on AI tech to salvage the song that John Lennon wrote and recorded as a demo in 1978
News Paul Burger and Andrew Wilkinson resign as Hipgnosis Songs Fund non-exec directors ahead of tomorrow’s continuation vote The comes in the same month that HSF confirmed the Chairman of its current board, Andrew Sutch, will step down from his role
Analysis Spotify is embracing elements of Universal Music Group’s ‘artist-centric’ royalties model – following a new multi-year licensing deal between UMG and Daniel Ek’s platform Spotify's plans fit with the broad hopes of Sir Lucian Grainge's wishes as outlined at the start of 2023
News Spotify’s price hike didn’t hurt subscriptions, and 3 other things we learned on its latest earnings call MBW listened in to SPOT's Q3 earnings call. Here's what we learned...
News Spotify is changing its royalty model to crush streaming fraud and introduce a minimum payment threshold. Its plan? To shift $1 billion in payouts towards ‘working artists’ over the next 5 years. Exclusive: Music Business Worldwide has learned of Spotify's plan to introduce a number of new measures in Q1 2024 – and shift $1 billion away from bad actors
Interviews ‘We operate at the intersection between creativity and culture for our artists.’ Warner Music's Bob Workman on brand partnerships, and working on high-profile campaigns for superstars like Ed Sheeran…
News AI music startup Boomy partners with fraud detection company Beatdapp to ‘ensure the integrity’ of its platform Around 7% of tracks made on Boomy and then distributed to Spotify were deleted by Daniel Ek's company earlier this year
Analysis 3 observations on… how Japan’s music industry caters to (and relies on) ‘superfans’ more than any other market Examples of how Japan's music business has fostered a special kind of connection with superfans in its market
News HYBE-signed K-Pop stars Le Sserafim partner with games developer Blizzard Entertainment for Overwatch 2 collaboration The deal marks the game’s first musical artist collaboration
News TikTok Music just launched publicly in Australia, Singapore and Mexico… without Universal Music’s catalog Universal's recorded music catalog remains available on TikTok Music in Brazil and Indonesia
Analysis News Gap between music and video streaming prices widens as Netflix announces $3 hike to Premium subscriptions Netflix Premium will now cost $22.99 per month in the US, up $3 from $19.99, an increase of 15%
Interviews ‘It’s an absolute balance of quality and taste with serious commercial ability.’ Polydor's Ben Mortimer reflects on his first 12 months as the label’s sole President, as well as Polydor’s DNA, and much more…
News Taxi app FREENOW to donate £1 per ride to help save the UK’s grassroots live music venues FREENOW’s goal is to raise a guaranteed minimum of £200,000
Analysis News BMI will pay songwriters and publishers a smaller portion of its revenues as a for-profit company – while upping its own margin from 10% to 15% of collections. Will its members tolerate this change? New revelations from Michael O'Neill shows that BMI is planning to increase its retained revenues by a third
News AI music generator Riffusion raises $4m in seed funding round Round was led by Greycroft Partners, South Park Commons and Sky9