News GloRilla sued for alleged copyright infringement over sample used on ‘Tomorrow’ Lawsuit comes from Ivory Paynes, part of the 1990s New Orleans rap outfit Dog House Posse.
News Thomas Sharp Maxwell promoted to General Manager USA at IDOL, as firm plots North American expansion Promotion follows the hire of Allison Kleshefsky, its New York-based DSP Editorial & Partnerships Lead last year
News Drake sued for alleged copyright infringement over sample used on ‘Calling My Name’ Ghanaian rapper Obrafour has filed a lawsuit against Drake
Analysis Thoughts on Ghostwriter, Drake, AI… and why the music industry shouldn’t panic Andy Chatterley gives his perspective on the story the whole business is talking about
News Utopia Music slashes 15% of global workforce; over 300 staff laid off at company in past 6 months MBW recently broke the news that Utopia had sold music publishing platform Sentric to Believe just a year after Utopia itself acquired the firm
News Audio file management startup Myxt, founded by ex-Google and Stripe developers, raises $2m Company was founded in 2018 by Chris Wetherell and Sheena Pakanati
News SoundCloud partners with Feature.fm to provide marketing tools to indie artists Feature.fm's services include shareable and trackable pre-save and smart links
News Universal Music Group responds to ‘fake Drake’ AI track: Streaming platforms have ‘a fundamental responsibility to prevent the use of their services in ways that harm artists’ UMG calls on streaming services to choose the right 'side of history'
News Apple Music, Deezer, TIDAL pull down viral AI ‘fake Drake and The Weeknd’ track (update) Ghostwriter's heart on my sleeve has now surpassed 625,000 plays on Spotify
News Lawmakers in US state of Montana pass bill to ban TikTok Lawmakers in the US state voted in favor of the move on Friday (April 14)
News TV-based music streaming service Roxi raises $8.7m, plans expansion into the US Company says it offers 90m music videos and 400,000 karaoke tracks
News From Universal clamping down on AI copycats to Latin music’s $1bn in the US… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories on MBW from the past seven days
Interviews How independent South African music company The T Effect plans to ‘create a new wave of African Global Superstars’ The T Effect's co-founders Tshiamo Letshwene and Nhlanhla ‘Nivo’ Ndimande tell us about the company's global ambitions
News Music streaming contributed over $14bn to the US economy in 2021, according to DiMa study DiMA's 'The Impact of Digital Music Streaming' report was published earlier this week
News Snapchat strikes new music licensing deals with UnitedMasters, BUMA/STEMRA and more Snapchat already has existing licensing deals with major record labels and music publishers