News TuneCore says that over 80,000 indie artists are enrolled in its ‘TuneCore Accelerator’ marketing programs TuneCore has published its first TuneCore Accelerator Report
News Anthropic hits back against Universal’s AI copyright infringement lawsuit The AI developer argues it was Universal and the other plaintiffs, not Anthropic, who infringed copyright
News Streaming fraud detection platform Beatdapp raises $17m, inks partnership with Universal Music Group Beatdapp plans to use the latest funding to recruit senior leaders, expand its data science and technical teams, and venture into new markets
Analysis News From Triller owing rightsholders over $23m to the MLC’s plan to audit DSPs… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days...
Analysis News Merck Mercuriadis seems willing – currently – to trade in his ‘call option’ at Hipgnosis Songs Fund. So why is the company’s board offering to ‘bribe’ potential bidders with a £20 million bung in an attempt to offset it? Yesterday, this saga took a turn for the bizarre
Interviews A different kind of streaming fraud: Over 1m ‘manipulated’ tracks are on audio streaming services Pex’s Rasty Turek believes the issue of ‘modified audio’ could be fixed by the DSPs
Analysis News Triller owes music rightsholders more than $23m (which it doesn’t have the cash to pay). Oh, and it’s just purged 200m bot/duplicate accounts from its platform. Oh, and it still wants to IPO. Four of Triller's most surprising declarations from its S-1 filing with the SEC
News Music-making platform BandLab launches sync licensing program for its 60m+ registered users Program will offer sync opportunities for film, TV, games, and advertising
News Stevie Spring named Chair of the board at PRS, as collection society unveils its ‘AI principles’ Martin replaces Stephen Davidson, who has served three terms at the helm since 2014
Music Business Jobs SENTRIC MUSIC Sentric Music – Senior Insights Analyst (UK) Required: Proven experience within a data analysis role, ideally within the music publishing industry.Job type: Data / AnalyticsLocation: London, LiverpoolApplications for this position have now closed.
Music Business Jobs SENTRIC MUSIC Sentric Music – Royalty Income Tracking Manager (UK) Required: Proven experience within a royalty tracking or data analysis role, ideally within the music publishing industry.Job type: Licensing/RightsLocation: London, LiverpoolApplications for this position have now closed.
Music Business Jobs APPLE Apple – Music Insights Manager (US) Must have 6+ years experience leading analytics teams and managing people.Job type: Data / AnalyticsLocation: Los AngelesApplications for this position have now closed.
News Radio promotion firm Your Army’s US division absorbs Strange Loop Promo "Joining forces in this way puts us in a position to service the needs of an even broader array of world-class artists all under one roof"
News Nate Albert appointed President at Irving Azoff’s Giant Music Albert comes to Giant Music from Warner Records, where he signed Omar Apollo and Teddy Swims
Music Business Jobs SENTRIC MUSIC Sentric Music Group – Royalty Distribution Manager (UK) Required: Demonstrated experience in royalty distribution, financial analysis, or similar roles within the music publishing industry.Job type: Licensing/RightsLocation: London, United KingdomApplications for this position have now closed.