Analysis Universal and SoundCloud are in talks over a new way to pay artists for streaming MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points – and suggest what might happen next.
News TuneCore partners with Grimes to distribute AI collaborations TuneCore artists can distribute collaborations created through Grimes' Elf.Tech AI to streaming platforms
News Firebird and D’Amelio family launch multi-million-dollar talent management venture (report) Firebird was founded by former Ticketmaster exec Nathan Hubbard and ex-KKR partner Nat Zilkha
News After acquiring Soundtrap in 2017, Spotify sells the music making platform back to its founders The streaming giant acquired Stockholm-based platform in November 2017
Analysis News From Deezer’s AI music strategy, to who HYBE might try to buy in Latin Music… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place
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
News DistroKid faces potential class-action lawsuit over how it handles takedown requests Complaint argues that DistroKid breached its fiduciary duty
Interviews This independent artist has over a billion streams on Spotify. 10 years ago, a record label told him his music was ‘unreleasable’. Bruno Major joins the Music Business Worldwide Podcast
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 Dua Lipa ‘Levitating’ copyright infringement lawsuit dismissed Artikal Sound System alleged that Levitating was 'substantially similar' to their 2017 track 'Live Your Life'
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 Firebird confirms investments in Mick Management, Lex Borrero’s Ntertain, Defected, more Nat Zilkha says Firebird has access to $1 billion in capital, has spent hundreds of millions of dollars
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 After closing seed rounds, music startups AudioShake, MYXT team up to integrate technologies Myxt recently raised $2m, and AudioShake raised $2.7m in their respective sees rounds
Analysis Why the music business should be watching Japan’s AI developments very closely MBW Reacts to recent news about AI training in Japan