News TikTok goes on Washington hiring spree, as US Senator proposes ban on app for Government employees Multiple job postings spotted by MBW working in policy at ByteDance
Analysis News The global recorded music business generated over $50m a day last year – and more than $2m of it went to DIY artists Midia Research's numbers suggest DIY artists took a 4.1% market share, with Universal Music Group on 30%
Analysis News DIY artists generated $821m in 2019 – now Amuse is launching a Pro subscription tier to ‘accelerate their careers’ "With Pro, we’re giving our users more features to accelerate their careers, at an accessible price," says Amuse boss Diego Farais
Analysis What the US record industry should fear about its future – and what it deserves to celebrate Netflix, vinyl, streaming and Spotify's share of revenues all feature in MBW's review of the USA market
News Pro Music Rights founder Jake P. Noch named CEO of publicly-traded Net Savings Link Company plans to enter into the music IP sector
News Streaming revenues topped $1bn in Germany for the first time last year, with total recorded music sales up 8.2% Streaming accounted for 55.1% of total revenues
News UK promoters Rockfeedback, One Inch Badge & Kilimanjaro create new live joint venture, FORM Rockfeedback and One Inch Badge stage in excess of 600 shows every year across the UK
News BTS label Big Hit Entertainment picks underwriters for IPO (report) Total valuation could be as high as $5bn, say reports
News US recorded music revenues hit $11.1bn in 2019 and streaming accounted for nearly 80% of it The RIAA has published its 2019 Year-End US Music Industry Revenue Report
Analysis It’s happened: The major labels are now generating over $1m every hour from streaming MBW analysis shows that Universal saw recorded music streaming growth in excess of $600m in 2019
News Kobalt signs Australian pop star Tones & I to neighboring rights deal Artist is behind the global hit, Dance Monkey
News Deezer expands playlist brands into ‘LIVE’ concerts; recorded gigs to be available exclusively on platform First event is Rocket LIVE in Paris on February 19
Analysis YouTube says it paid the music industry over $3bn last year – equivalent to 20% of its annual ad revenue. Is that good? On balance, YouTube looks likely to have just become the global music industry's second biggest streaming partner
News Rap & production duo Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn sign with Absolute Duo have more than 21m streams across Spotify and Apple Music
News Streaming and playlisting expert Kieron Donoghue signs up as MBW’s new columnist Warner's former global boss of playlisting will join the likes of Cherie Hu and Peter Robinson on our pages