Analysis News As Microsoft’s $68.7bn Activision buyout awaits approval, games giant files patent for AI music tech Activision has been experimenting with tech that creates AI-generated personalized music for players within a video game
Analysis News Why the music industry is headed for a tussle with TikTok over royalties New financial data and comments from Sir Lucian Grainge suggest that tension is mounting over TikTok's payouts to the music industry
Interviews Per Sundin on ABBA, Pophouse’s acquisition strategy – and why he thinks the smartest people at record companies will soon be working on catalog The CEO of Pophouse Entertainment, and former CEO of Universal Music Sweden, joins the MBW Podcast
News Mercedes-Benz strikes Dolby Atmos partnership with Apple Music and Universal Universal will officially base song approval process on sound quality in Mercedes-Benz vehicles
Analysis Interviews ‘Short-form video has changed the way music is performed, shared, and enjoyed. Competition for eyeballs is fierce.’ MBW's World Leaders series interviews Sherry Tan, Managing Director of Warner Music China
News The exec who built Spotify For Artists just launched… SoundCloud For Artists Repost artist services platform renamed 'SoundCloud for Artists'
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Julie Greenwald The Chairman and CEO of Atlantic Music Group on the songs that have soundtracked, and changed, her life
News BeatConnect attracts $2.2m in funding for collaborative music tech DAW platform BeatConnect was founded in 2010
Interviews ‘Anytime you’re that artist who’s a bit disruptive, it makes people uncomfortable.’ Kane Brown manager Martha Earls discusses breaking down barriers in Nashville, lessons learned across her career and much more besides
Analysis News African music service Mdundo’s monthly active users reach 21.5m, up 107% YoY Mdundo has published its quarterly report for calendar Q3 2022
Analysis News From Primary Wave’s $2bn deal to the 100,000 tracks uploaded to streaming services each day… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
Analysis News It’s happened: 100,000 tracks are now being uploaded to streaming services like Spotify each day Figure confirmed by both Universal and Warner bosses – but who, exactly, is it benefitting?
Analysis News Watch out Spotify: Multiple verified ‘TikTok Music’ Twitter accounts hint at pending global launch At least six verified Twitter accounts for ‘TikTok Music’ have popped up for multiple global markets
News Angela Lopes promoted to Senior Vice President, Strategy and Investments at Sony Music SME has also announced Derek Lee's appointment as CFO of Alamo Records
Interviews ‘Generally, the more people involved in writing a song, the less personal it gets.’ Per Gessle on how he wrote Roxette's biggest hits but always felt like an outsider