Analysis News Indie labels question if record companies’ share of streaming royalties is ‘undervalued’ vs. music publishers’ slice of the pie A new report from indie label group IMPALA asks if recorded music should have seen its share of the streaming pie grow faster
News Tuned Global partners with Revelator to integrate NFTs into music streaming platforms Revelator will enable Tuned Global to offer its customers a white-label platform to mint, sell, distribute, report, and track music NFTs
News Web3 music startup anotherblock raises $4.3m in latest funding round Round was led by Stride.VC, a UK-based venture capital firm
Analysis News TikTok launches ‘Artist Impact Program’, inks several distribution deals to connect artists with brands TikTok inks global distribution deals with Believe, DistroKid, Vydia and more to 'fuel the pipeline of talent and artist-driven music' on its Commercial Music Library
News Tencent Music Entertainment had 94.4m paying music users at the end of Q1, up 17.7% YoY Tencent Music Entertainment Group has published its financial results for Q1 2023 (the three months to end of March)
Interviews ‘Technology is a fantastic thing but there’s nothing like human curation.’ MBW’s Inspiring Women series interviews Moon Projects founder Mary Rahmani
News Audiomack’s ‘Creator App’ reaches 1m installations Platform launched its Creator App in February 2022
News EU approves Microsoft’s $69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard Deal clears major hurdle after the UK blocked the deal less than a month ago
News Moon Projects founder Mary Rahmani joins Songfluencer, Genni & Co. as Strategic Advisor Moon Projects' Mary Rahmani was TikTok’s first music hire in North America
News European lawmakers close to launching ‘world’s first rules’ on artificial intelligence Under the draft mandate, AI systems with “an unacceptable level of risk to people’s safety” would be strictly banned
Interviews Austin Daboh on music, tech, AI, and the future of artist marketing The Atlantic Records UK EVP joins the Music Business Worldwide podcast
Analysis Blog Why the power of AI may hold the key to distributing wealth throughout the music industry (Part 2) This MBW op/ed comes from Ran Geffen, founder of XR connect development agency OMR and CEO of Amusica Song Management in Israel.
News TikTok to be banned on government and educational institution devices in US state of Florida TikTok will be banned on public school devices in Florida, effective July 1
News After China’s Government moves to regulate AI, TikTok sister app Douyin issues new rules for AI-generated content The use of AI to create copyright-infringing content is not allowed
News Court dismisses shareholder lawsuit over Block’s purchase of TIDAL Tech company led by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey purchased Jay-Z's music streaming service TIDAL in 2021