News OpenPlay launches music distribution and monetization service led by industry veteran Bob Barbiere Barbiere brings extensive experience in music tech and rights management from executive roles at Dubset Media Holdings and Pex
Music Business Jobs Downtown Music Downtown Music Publishing – Senior Royalty Coordinator (US) Must be passionate about music and working numbers & data, and have 2+ years experience in music publishing Job type: Licensing/RightsLocation: Nashville, New YorkApplications for this position have now closed.
Analysis News Universal spent $1bn+ on investments in 2024… and 5 other things we learned on UMG’s latest earnings call What UMG's leadership team said on the company's FY 2024 call...
Music Business Jobs Involved Group Involved Group – Royalties Manager (UK) Required: 1-3 years experience with the production of recording royalty statements, dealing with large amounts of data and databases Job type: Licensing/RightsLocation: London, United KingdomApplications for this position have now closed.
News Sarah Silverman’s Meta copyright lawsuit advances as judge allows authors’ DMCA claims Three authors including Silverman accused Meta of copying their copyrighted materials to train the company’s large language model LLaMA
News Patrick Moxey’s publishing company files amended copyright complaint against Sony Music Original lawsuit was filed in New York in November on behalf of Ultra International Music Publishing LLC (UIMP) and Ultra Music Publishing Europe AG
Interviews Lyor Cohen talks music videos, AI, and YouTube hitting 125m paid subcribers YouTube's 'twin engines' of subscriptions and advertising appear to be firing on all cylinders.
Music Business Jobs KEY PRODUCTION Key Production – CFO (UK) Should have ACA/ ACCA/ CIMA qualification, and either music industry experience or manufacturing backgroundJob type: FinanceLocation: London, United KingdomApplications for this position have now closed.
News No, Spotify hasn’t gone down – unless you were pirating the Premium service Many listeners who were using a 'crack' to listen to Spotify Premium for free have been locked out of the service
News Reservoir and PopArabia acquire catalog of Egyptian superstar Omar Kamal Deal includes both publishing and master rights to his catalog
News LyricFind sues Musixmatch over alleged antitrust violations Musixmatch has called the accusations "meritless"
News ex-Guggenheim exec’s Aquarian Holdings backs new $250m music rights JV with Raven Capital The fund is a joint venture between Raven Capital Management and Aquarian Holdings
Music Business Jobs Believe Believe – A&R Project Manager (EG) Must have excellent relationships, artist friendly, experienced liasing with artists /labels or other third party stakeholders, and demonstrable experience in the recorded music industry and negotiationJob type: A&R/CreativeLocation: Cairo, EgyptApplications for this position have now closed.
Music Business Jobs OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY Official Charts Company – Chart Operations Executive (UK) Should have strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to develop interpersonal relationships at all levels of an organisationJob type: OperationsLocation: London, United KingdomApplications for this position have now closed.
News Saudi Arabia’s MDLBEAST unveils ‘A Thousand And One’ festival concept featuring electronic music, immersive storytelling The creator of the XP Music Futures conference will host the new festival concept in April in Riyadh.