News Tencent Music has integrated DeepSeek into its streaming service (and 3 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call) China's largest operator of music streaming services says live music is becoming increasingly important to listeners
Analysis Interviews 5 takeaways from a quick chat with Rob Stringer. The Sony Music Group boss sat down with MBW's Tim Ingham for a recent interview in London
News Round Hill, with $900m music portfolio, seeks ‘strategic capital markets opportunities’ as it hires CFO and Chief Capital Officer The company says the newly created positions will bolster its executive team amid the continuing expansion of the music rights market
News Primary Wave struck a $100m JV with Times Music in 2023. Now that venture has acquired two companies in India. Times Music has acquired India's Symphony Recording Co. and ARC Musicq
Music Business Jobs Concord Concord – Sync Operations and Reporting Manager (US) Associates in Business Administration, Finance, Music or other related discipline required, and a minimum 5+ years business experienceJob type: OperationsLocation: Nashville, United StatesApplications for this position have now closed.
Music Business Jobs UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP Universal Music Group – Neighbouring Rights Operations Manager (UK) Must have proven track record of experience in neighbouring rights or other copyright sectorsJob type: Licensing/RightsLocation: London, United KingdomApplications for this position have now closed.
Analysis News From Sony’s deepfake takedowns to Ackman’s UMG stake sale… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News Believe generated over $1bn in 2024, as company’s annual revenues grow 11.5% YoY Paris-headquartered music company has published its financial results for FY 2024
Music Business Jobs RSK Entertainment RSK Entertainment – Label Manager (UK) Required: experience at a distribution, music label or management company, a passion for a wide spectrum of music and strong working knowledge of the music landscape, industry and release cycleJob type: Label ServicesLocation: Newbury, United KingdomApplications for this position have now closed.
News George Clinton sues former business partner for allegedly withholding royalties and other claims The funk music legend’s lawsuit describes former business partner Armen Boladian as a “copyright troll”
News UK trade recorded music revenues topped $1.9bn in 2024 The recorded music industry group is warning of risks to the UK industry from increased competition and proposed AI rules
News 12m artists uploaded music to Spotify last year. Less than 0.6% generated $10,000 or more in royalties. Spotify has published the latest edition of its annual Loud & Clear music economics report
Analysis News Blackstone launches Recognition Music Group… but could the Hipgnosis elephant live on? (Meanwhile, AI has thoughts on the rebrand.) Blackstone confirms it's deleting the Hipgnosis name as the brand for its music assets and operation
News Metallica’s Mexico concert is coming to Apple’s Vision Pro headset Apple deployed 14 Immersive Video cameras to capture Metallica’s Mexico City concert
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