Interviews ‘We are witnessing a resurgence of hip-hop across Africa.’ MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Wale Davies, Sony Music Publishing's Head of A&R for Africa
Analysis HYBE is raising a stack of capital to buy Latin Music companies. Who might it target? MBW picks out 10 companies that might just be on the minds of Scooter Braun and HYBE Chairman, Bang Si-Hyuk
News DistroKid faces potential class-action lawsuit over how it handles takedown requests Complaint argues that DistroKid breached its fiduciary duty
Analysis Why a $1 billion deal for Queen’s catalog is possible – and what CNN and The Daily Mail got drastically wrong A deeper dive into what could become the biggest music catalog deal of all time
Analysis Carving up, or growing the pie? Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive of the UK-based Music Managers Forum, discusses the major record companies' share of the streaming pie
News New ETF claims to offer ‘convenient solution’ for investors looking for exposure to the global music industry Exchange-traded funds have exploded in popularity in recent years, and now they’re coming to the music business.
News EU calls on tech giants to label AI-generated content The EU is asking tech giants like Google, Meta, TikTok and Microsoft to start labeling AI-generated content on its services
News Karol G partners with Interscope, ‘reaffirming’ long-term relationship with Universal Music Group Karol G signed with Universal Music Latin Entertainment in 2016
Interviews News As AI-made music explodes, Deezer lays out strategy to identify AI tracks and ‘weed out illegal and fraudulent content’ on its platform Deezer is building a set of tools to detect AI-generated content on its platform
News Warner’s ADA Worldwide strikes global distribution deal with Rostrum Records ADA to be responsible for worldwide distribution services for Rostrum’s entire label catalog and new releases
Analysis Why the music business should be watching Japan’s AI developments very closely MBW Reacts to recent news about AI training in Japan
News After raising $25m, BandLab rebrands Cakewalk production software as part of plan to ’empower all creators’ BandLab acquired certain assets and the complete intellectual property of Cakewalk Inc. from Gibson Brands in 2018
Analysis News Stray Kids break K-pop sales record, achieving over 5.1m pre-orders for their new album 5-Star Seventeen's album FML racked up 4.64m pre-orders
News Sony Music Japan’s PRISM Project expands virtual talent roster with two new new artists SMEJ is doubling down on its virtual talent agency, PRISM Project
Interviews Music’s biggest companies are determined to better monetize ‘superfans’ on streaming platforms. Audius is already doing it. Audius co-founder Forrest Browning joins the latest MBW podcast