Interviews ‘Artists like Drake and Travis Scott push me to go to my limits every time I make music for them.’ From a small village in Switzerland to the top of the charts alongside Drake and Jack Harlow, OZ tracks his journey and tells his story...
Analysis News Why UMG’s slowdown in streaming revenue growth is (partly) an illusion… and 4 other things we learned from Universal’s latest earnings call UMG's leadership team isn't worried about one quarter's worth of results, and says they're looking at the long term
Interviews ‘Our vision is to build a full service, independent publishing company that can compete with the best.’ MBW's Trailblazers series meets Range Music Publishing execs Casey Robison and Sam Drake
News Audiomack launches ‘Sponsored Songs’ for artists as alternative to streaming fraud "You can buy a billion streams and make it look like you’ve made it, but what does that number mean if you can't... build a genuine fanbase?”
Analysis Daniel Ek talks new Spotify ‘deluxe’ tier, the company’s relationship with the music business and more on Q2 earnings call Spotify's Daniel Ek says his business aims to improve the wellbeing of the entire music industry
News Indie music labels form ORCA, a think tank for ‘recorded culture and arts’ ORCA's goal is to equip policymakers, business leaders, and communities with a deeper understanding of music's significance
News Sony’s $600m Michael Jackson deal just took a big step forward in court Sony's deal to acquire a 50% stake in Michael Jackson's publishing and recorded catalogs has cleared a major hurdle
Interviews ‘Labels owning masters in perpetuity is criminal, quite frankly.’ Jungle manager Sam Denniston offers his thoughts on dinosaur record deals, TikTok, AI, going easy on DSPs and how his own neurological condition has and hasn’t impacted his career…
Analysis News The debate over music royalties is stuck. Is it time to make the case for ‘completion’? Why former Spotify exec and Pivot author is arguing for song listening completion to be considered in music royalty models
Interviews ‘I try and stay out of business conversations. I go on my instinct and my musical taste.’ MBW's World’s Greatest Producers series interviews super-producer James Ford about working with Arctic Monkeys, Blur and more
News TikTok to ‘fast track’ official artist account creation for DistroKid members TikTok and DistroKid have been partners since 2019, when DistroKid became the first distributor to ink a deal with the video platform
News YouTube Music’s Foundry Program returns to support ‘next wave of independent artists’ YouTube is rolling out some new features for its Foundry program, including live shows
Analysis Blog ‘Music licensing is the bridge which connects creators and users – a connection that encourages new ideas and increased value.’ The following op/ed comes from Dan Gopal, Chief Commercial Officer at PRS For Music
News FUGA signs distro, marketing deals with UK’s One House, Critical Music and Berry’s Room FUGA welcomes "some of the industry’s most valuable and forward-thinking labels" to its client base.
Analysis News How the ‘COPIED Act’ could make it unlawful to train AI using copyrighted material without permission… A new front has opened in the battle between IP owners and AI companies who would use copyrighted IP to train AI without permission