News Napster acquires Web3 music startup Mint Songs after eight-figure financing The acquisition follows Mint Songs’ own $4.3m fundraising
News Sound Credit and PPL strike North America neighbouring rights collections partnership Sound Credit and Soundways will offer their North American performer community access to PPL’s international collections service
Analysis Blog Where is the growth going to come from? Geoff Taylor, formerly CEO of the BPI, casts his eye over a slowdown in growth in mature markets – and ponders how it might be accelerated
Interviews Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘Everyone that works for me has to be able to count, and they have to be able to say no.’ Universal boss sits down for a discussion with Bill Ackman at Pershing Square's investor day
Analysis Interviews ‘The MENA region will become a pioneer in the music industry.’ Nada Alhelabi, Strategy Director at MDLBEAST & XP Music Futures Program Director on the challenges and opportunities for the music business in Saudi Arabia and the wider MENA region...
News Switzerland-based MusicBird secures $100m loan facility from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to buy music rights Company entered the rights acquisition space in 2021
News Believe generated €1bn in Digital Music Sales last year DMS is the revenue generated from digital store partners and social media platforms before royalty payment to artists and labels
Analysis Is TikTok about to pull off a heist on the music industry? Could indie tracks and AI music successfully replace major label music on the platform?
News Utopia sells music directory platform ROSTR back to founders Founders Mark Williamson and Adam Watson re-acquire ROSTR
News Warner to buy majority stake in India-based digital media and music firm, Divo Divo is claimed to be the largest digital media and music company in South India
Interviews ‘Songs are the engine of the music industry and sometimes people can lose sight of that’ Amy Allen discusses writing some of the biggest pop hits of recent times, the joy of collaborating and making Grammy history
Interviews How Max Martin’s songwriting techniques are used to write hit, after hit, after hit Top40 Theory founder Asaf Peres on how he studied Max Martin's songs to build out his Melodic Math Course
News Beatport snaps up majority stake in electronic dance music event, IMS Ibiza Deal follows a string of acquisitions by Beatport in recent months
News Utopia CEO exits company in management shake-up; Roberto Neri named CEO of Music Services division Company founder takes up additional responsibility as it searches for a new CEO
News Matt Pincus-led MUSIC makes ‘significant minority investment’ in independent music company LVRN LVRN to use the new capital to expand around the world, with a key focus in the U.K. and West Africa