News Gaana scraps free tier after failing to raise new investment Gaana moves to paid subscription model
Analysis Who is going to buy the Pink Floyd catalog? On this episode of the Talking Trends podcast, Music Business Worldwide founder, Tim Ingham, reveals what his sources are telling him about the process.
News Sony Music fully exits Russia due to Ukraine invasion, transferring local roster to ex-MD Arina Dmitrieva Sony says due to the "devastating humanitarian impact in Ukraine" it can no longer maintain a presence in Russia
News Strange Fruits rebrands to Fruits Music, plans launch of its own subscription app The rebranding coincides with the company’s fifth anniversary this year.
Analysis News Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square: Universal Music Group can grow by 10%+ every year ‘for more than a decade’ Report from Pershing Square makes bullish observation on UMG's future
Analysis News From Sony Music suing Triller to Utopia raising €300m… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
Analysis Blog India is home to the largest number of YouTube viewers in the world. But the platform’s music chart isn’t without flaws. Amit Gurbaxani investigates why a lyric video with more than 400m views hasn’t charted on YouTube's charts for India
News Phonorecords IV: Music publishers react to US streaming royalty rate rise The headline royalty rate will be set at 15.35% for the years 2023-2027
Analysis News New blank check company files for $200m IPO, led by same team behind SPAC that took Anghami public SPAC is led by Jacob Cherian, the Co-CEO and a director of Anghami
Analysis News Half of APAC listeners use social media for music discovery, a win for TikTok and its music-streaming foray APAC music discovery stats revealed in new report from US market monitor Luminate
News Six months after selling to Epic Games, Bandcamp is bringing back ‘Bandcamp Fridays’ Nearly 800,000 fans have participated in the Bandcamp Fridays program since March 2020
Analysis News Utopia is raising €300 million in a Series C round that would value its company at €2.5bn. But what’s it building? A deep dive into one of the most intriguing companies operating around and within the modern music business
Analysis News BLACKPINK’s virtual concert on PUBG MOBILE was watched by 15.7m viewers Video marked the first time BLACKPINK have appeared in avatar form for a music video
News Music startup Soundstripe attracts $9m in fresh funding shortly after launching mobile app Startup provides royalty-free music for video
Analysis News The US music publishing industry generated $4.7bn last year – but the record industry grew twice as fast The music publishing industry grew annual revenues by around $700m in the States last year; the record industry jumped up by $1.8 billion