Analysis News Sony generated $2.89B from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q3 2025, up 13.3% YoY A monster quarter for major, with streaming revenues in recorded music up 12% YoY, and streaming revenues in music publishing up 25% YoY
Analysis 3 things you might have missed from Live Nation’s 2025 Investor Presentation MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points – and suggest what might happen next.
News Universal Music Group’s Global Impact Team expands ‘Sounds of the Future’ program to the UK UMG has also partnered with the Black Music Coalition on an internship program
News HYBE generated over half a billion dollars in Q3, as K-Pop company’s concert revenues surge 231% YoY Weverse had 11.6 million monthly active users, up by +700,000 from the 10.9 million recorded in Q2 202.
Interviews BeatStars has paid creators over $400m to date. CEO Abe Batshon wants 1 million musicians to earn a living from his platform 1.5 million tracks are downloaded monthly from BeatStars' marketplace of 11 million-plus beats
News Global songwriter royalty collections reached $13.6bn in 2024, up 7.2%, CISAC reports Growth in collections from digital and live music could see a bit of a slowdown in the years ahead, the report states
News Nuno Rocha appointed Head of Business Development for MENA, Lusophone, and Francophone markets at ONErpm Company expands with new office in Luanda, Angola
News Jody Gerson vows to ‘protect human songwriters’ in the age of AI, as UMPG boss accepts International Executive of the Year honor at MBW’s Music Business UK Awards MBW's Music Business UK Awards took place in Covent Garden this evening (November 4), celebrating the very best that the UK music biz has to offer
News Suno sued again, as Danish CMO Koda accuses company of stealing its members’ music to train AI model Suno accused of "the biggest theft in music history"
Analysis 3 things you might have missed from Universal’s Q3 earnings call Music fans want to see AI improve their listening experience, not replace human artists, UMG's research found
Interviews Warner Music Italy boss Pico Cibelli talks A&R, M&A, Italian-language music growth – and the company’s new frontline label structure MBW’s World Leaders series meets Pico Cibelli, President of Warner Music Italy.
News K-pop superfan platform bemyfriends, a rival to Weverse, acquires controlling stake in SK Group’s music streaming operator Dreamus for $38.5m News arrives just over a week after bemyfriends secured a $14.7m investment from Goodwater Capital
Analysis News From Universal’s landmark Udio deal to DistroKid’s new merch launch… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest news from the past week - all in one place
Analysis News UMG has struck a new YouTube deal that includes ‘guardrails’ around AI… and 3 other things Sir Lucian Grainge said on Universal’s Q3 earnings call Deal covers both recorded music and music publishing
Analysis The settlement between Universal and Udio is a win for musicians everywhere The following MBW Views op-ed comes from Ed Newton-Rex.