Analysis News Who owns Deezer today? Access Industries is Deezer's biggest shareholder, with ownership of over a third of the company
Analysis News Popular artists to get ‘royalty boost’ on Deezer as platform readies ‘artist-centric’ model with Universal Music Group Deezer and UMG announce the launch of what they call the "first comprehensive artist-centric streaming model"
News Multiple criminal gang members confirm they’ve used Spotify for money laundering in bombshell new report in Sweden An explosive new report from Svenska Dagbladet in Sweden focuses on the end purpose of streaming fraud on Spotify for organized criminals: laundering money.
Analysis Blog Leave It Be. The following op-ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
Analysis HYBE and Geffen want to globalize the ‘K-pop methodology’ – and launch the world’s biggest girl group. Will they succeed? They don't even have a name yet – but HYBE and Geffen's ambitions for their new girl group are sky high
Analysis Universal Music just swooped for a prominent company in UAE. The race is on for the majors to build market power in MENA. The sound of opportunity for the record business across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is getting louder.
News Warner Music strikes ‘landmark album deal’ with superstar Chinese artist Lay Zhang Artists is also the CEO of Chromosome Entertainment
News LimeWire partners with Polygon Labs to launch AI Creator Studio that will include music ‘capabilities’ Former file-sharing platform launches artificial intelligence studio
Interviews Goldman Sachs’ Lisa Yang: Why I’m bullish about music streaming’s future Lisa Yang, senior Goldman executive and lead author of Music In The Air, joins the MBW Podcast
News Jenn Yacoubian and Stacy Vee appointed Executive Vice Presidents of Goldenvoice Vee and Yacoubian will oversee the booking department at Goldenvoice
Analysis Interviews With $65m raised, can DICE satisfy its growth ambitions (even considering the colossal market power of Ticketmaster)? Matt Pincus and Phil Hutcheon outline their view of the ticketing market to MBW
News Music tech company InMusic considering legal action over Pioneer DJ parent’s takeover of Serato AlphaTheta Corporation announced in July that it’s planning to acquire all shares of New Zealand-headquartered Serato Audio Research Ltd.
Analysis If BMI is sold, could a cull of its huge songwriter membership be on the cards? Will BMI's new private equity owners be able to challenge the restrictive Consent Decrees that goven how the org operates?
News From Universal Music and YouTube’s AI partnership to BMI’s equity sale… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up Five of the biggest headlines on MBW this week...
News YouTube is testing a search feature that lets you hum to identify songs YouTube has initiated trials of a new song search feature on the Android version of its app