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Napster acquires Web3 music startup Mint Songs after eight-figure financing

The acquisition follows Mint Songs’ own $4.3m fundraising

Hipgnosis invests in Timbaland’s music marketplace Beatclub, grants producers and artists access to sample from its catalog

Investment is part of Beatclub's series A-2 funding round

Something New: Artificial Intelligence and the Perils of Plunder

UMG's Chief Digital Officer, Michael Nash, on the possibilities, and threats, that a new wave of generative AI brings to music

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HYBE has now spent $600m+ in one week, as it buys 14.8% stake in K-Pop rival SM Entertainment for $334m

HYBE is buying a 14.8% stake in the company from SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo Man

Analysis Interviews

‘The MENA region will become a pioneer in the music industry.’

Nada Alhelabi, Strategy Director at MDLBEAST & XP Music Futures Program Director on the challenges and opportunities for the music business in Saudi Arabia and the wider MENA region...

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Believe generated €1bn in Digital Music Sales last year

DMS is the revenue generated from digital store partners and social media platforms before royalty payment to artists and labels

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Songtradr to acquire 7digital, a UK publicly listed B2B music technology company, in $23.4m deal

7digital provides a catalog of over 80 million licensed tracks and offers API services to power music in apps

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Warner to buy majority stake in India-based digital media and music firm, Divo

Divo is claimed to be the largest digital media and music company in South India

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South Korea’s Kakao buys 9.05% stake in K-Pop giant SM Entertainment worth $172.8m

Capital raised through the deal will fund new multi-label system, SM 3.0

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Robert Kyncl’s latest hire at Warner Music: The ex-Google exec who helped build YouTube’s ContentID

Ariel Bardin was Chief Product Officer at Celonis prior to joining WMG

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Major record company market share on Spotify fell again in 2022, as indie tracks flooded the service

Companies including TuneCore and parent Believe are eating into market share that was traditionally held by larger companies

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Warner Music Group board member, Ceci Kurzman, joins UTA board alongside Paul Wachter

Kurzman is the founder of Nexus Management

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Universal partners with TIDAL to develop ‘more artist and fan-friendly’ streaming model

TIDAL and UMG announced plans to research new streaming model

Analysis News

Spotify wants 50 million creators on its platform by 2030. BandLab already has 60 million.

And wait until you read how many tracks are being made on the Singapore-headquartered platform each month...

Interviews

‘This is an industry where fast-talk is acceptable and double-talk is expected. But everything comes back around.’

MBW’s Inspiring Women series interviews Mari Davies, Live Nation Urban’s VP of Booking and Talent, about her career to date, and challenges in the live music business