News Portishead release ABBA SOS cover as SoundCloud exclusive via platform’s fan-powered royalties systemRelease marks the first time the track will be commercially available on a major streaming platform
Music Business Jobs Stem Stem – Head of Artist & Label Strategy, Hip-Hop / R&B (US)Manage a portfolio of developing & established accounts via direct lines of communicationJob type: Sales/Account ManagementLocation: RemoteApplications for this position have now closed.
News UK music industry body slams ‘retrograde’ government report on systemic racism in Britain"We believe much more can and should urgently be done to tackle racism and boost diversity and inclusion."
News IFPI launches ‘transformative’ shared system for performance rights revenue distribution in AsiaIFPI and licensing companies in India, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand launch shared rights distribution system
Analysis ‘I love streaming, I just hate the remuneration system sitting inside it.’Tom Gray, musician and founder of #BrokenRecord, explains the objectives of the campaign
Music Business Jobs Buma/Stemra Buma/Stemra – Online Music Licensing Specialist (NL/+/- 2 CET)Must have 3+ years' experience in online music licensing, in a professional environmentJob type: Digital Platform / RetailLocation: Remote, NetherlandsApplications for this position have now closed.
News Dutch collecting society Buma/Stemra and APRA AMCOS ink Pan Asian multi-territory licensing dealAPRA AMCOS will represent Buma/Stemra’s repertoire via its Pan Asian Multi-Territory Licensing (PAL) hub
News TikTok inks multi-year licensing deal with Dutch collecting Society Buma/StemraBuma/Stemra’s members include Dutch EDM stars like Tiësto and Martin Garrix
Music Business Jobs WARNER MUSIC GROUP Warner Music Group – Systems & Asset Administrator (US)This person will oversee quality control for art files, batch metadata, and batch audio files on SynchTank and SourceAudio platformsJob type: OperationsLocation: Los AngelesApplications for this position have now closed.
News CISAC launches upgraded global music identifier system'The upgrade of the ISWC could not come at a more timely moment for songwriters and composers.'
News Stem, having paid out $100m in royalties to date, secures $10m in new financingCompany has added Coach K, Mark Gillespie, Red Light managers and others as new investors
News Spotify’s legal chief claims Apple ‘intentionally designed a system rigged in their favor’European Commission has launched an anti-trust investigation into Apple's App Store rules
News Pro Music Rights launches music licensing dashboard and reporting systemCompany also plans to launch an updated Rights Holder Dashboard
News ‘Liberty Media already has far too much control over the music ecosystem’: Artist & consumer rights groups oppose iHeart Media buyoutCollective urges DOJ to reject Liberty Media’s potential acquisition of iHeartMedia
Interviews Why $12m-backed Stem dumped DIY distribution – and why its founder worries about the music industry ‘making aggressive bets and being wrong’Milana Rabkin Lewis joins MBW's podcast to talk distribution, A&R and stream fraud