News Multiple ‘fake stream’ sites shut down in Brazil Closures follow action from Pro-Música Brasil, Brazilian anti-piracy body APDIF, and the Brazilian police
Analysis News Spotify has a patent for personality tracking technology – and it’s pretty creepy stuff "Future research could begin to link streaming behavior with brain scanning, genetic, and physiological data."
News Warner Music Asia partners with venture capital firm SOSV to jointly invest in startups Partnership seeks to boost tech innovation in the music sector
Interviews ‘The pandemic has shown our industry at its best, coming together to help those in need.’ PPL CEO Peter Leathem discusses opportunities in the global royalty collection sector and how the music licensing company's operations were impacted this year...
News Twitch, still unlicensed by majors, launches rights-cleared music via deals with indie distributors and labels Soundtrack by Twitch will have more than a million tracks available from over 30 music companies
News Burna Boy signs with SESAC for representation in the US 'SESAC is very proud to officially welcome Burna Boy to our direct affiliate family.'
News New Spotify patent reveals company’s 3D Audio ambitions MBW discovers new filing that shows Spotify is building in-house tech that responds to a listener's environment
News Songtrust partners with Ghana-based distribution platform Highvibes Highvibes has distributed more than 1m songs from over 100,000 artists in 32 countries
News Samantha Kirby Yoh named as Co-Head of UTA Music Kirby Yoh most recently served as Head of East Coast Music at WME
Interviews News Daniel Ek: 3 things we learned from the Spotify CEO’s interview today Spotify co-founder faces down questions on the future of his company at Slush Music event
Interviews Artists are missing out on tens of millions of dollars from neighbouring rights. IAFAR is trying to fix the problem. Neighbouring Rights membership org explains how it's helping artists claim what is theirs
Blog Live streaming must respect the rights of songwriters "Music is central to the livestreaming phenomenon."
Analysis News Music piracy hasn’t gone away – it’s just changed shape New PRS report shows explosion in stream-ripping activity in market in past three years
Analysis Interviews 5 Things We Learned From Warner Music Group boss Steve Cooper at his Goldman Sachs interview WMG's Chief Executive was grilled today at the annual Goldman Sachs Communacopia event