News Turntable LIVE raises $7m in seed round to launch social music platform Round was led by Founders Fund and f7 Ventures
News France becomes latest country to ban TikTok on government devices Ban applies to 'recreational apps' including Twitter, Instagram and Netflix
News Downtown to make layoffs across various divisions (report) Unspecified number of roles will be affected across CD Baby, Downtown Music Publishing, Songtrust and Downtown Music Holdings divisions
Analysis Blog By royal disappointment: Why the coronation will present British pop at its most anaemic This op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde.
News $100m-backed rights company AMR Songs launches, acquires interest in catalog of The Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian Sources tell MBW that AMR Songs has raised USD $100m in backing from institutional investors
Interviews ‘Every artist, no matter how big they are, should have access to the same tools that any big company has.’ How Feature.fm's marketing tools can help artists use viral TikTok moments to grow their streaming audience
News TikTok CEO: ‘Almost half’ of US population uses the app, and a ban would ‘damage’ the country’s economy TikTok now has 150 million users in the US, up from 100 million it said it had in 2020
Interviews ‘I think I screamed, ‘F*** yeah!’, which may not have been the most appropriate thing to do.’ Ben Persky and Mason Klein, co-founders of Mixed Management, discuss their journey to Grammy success with Tobias Jesso Jr
Analysis News Fewer DIY artists generated over $10k on Spotify in 2022 than they did in 2021 (according to Spotify’s own figures – update). MBW founder Tim Ingham takes a hard look at Spotify's latest figures regarding independent artists and what they're paid on the platform
Analysis Blog ‘Fake streams are nothing new, but the recordings business is only just waking up to the scale of the practice.’ The following op-ed comes from Pascal Bittard, founder of France-based independent distributor IDOL
News Nettwerk secures capital from private equity firm Flexpoint Ford to make catalog acquisitions and invest in artists Company announces "significant structured investment" and strategic partnership with private equity investment firm
News BBC tells staff to delete TikTok after UK bans app on government devices British broadcaster tells employees to uninstall TikTok from their work phones
News Amazon to cut additional 9,000 roles, including positions at Twitch, as tech job cull continues Latest round of layoffs was confirmed by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Monday (March 20)
Analysis News In a shock move, Meta has pulled music by Italian songwriters from its platforms. Is this connected to Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Year of Efficiency’? A mega dispute is brewing in Italy between music publishers and Mark Zuckerberg's Meta
Interviews ‘A lot of people are advocating for changes in the models of existing streaming services. I feel like that ship has sailed.’ MBW's Inspiring Women series talks to Vickie Nauman about her career at the crossroads between music and technology, from Napster to Web3