Analysis News 100 million AI-generated tracks have been created by music platform Mubert Figure is roughly equal to the entire catalog of tracks available on Spotify
News Cutting Edge acquires majority stake in White Stork, the publishing company of UK composer Tom Howe CEMM's acquisition of White Stork follows its eight-figure deal with pop songwriter and producer Jamie Hartman in May
News Epidemic Sound unveils ‘Soundmatch’ AI-powered music discovery tool for videos Soundmatch analyzes the visual frames within a creator's video
Analysis TikTok Music is live in Brazil and Indonesia. What might this mean for Spotify? MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points – and suggest what might happen next.
News Universal Music Germany inks Dolby Atmos deal with production company ThreeDee Music Deal includes selected frontline releases as well as parts of the more recent back catalog
News Stem raises $250m from Victory Park Capital to expand artist advances News arrives more than a year after Stem raised $20 million in a new round of funding
News Metaverse studio Karta receives $1.1m funding from music and gaming industry players Karta has delivered projects on platforms like Roblox, Fortnite, and Decentraland
News A 10% stake in Led Zeppelin’s music is for sale. Here’s how it ended up on the market. Stake is being sold by Helen Grant, the daughter of the band's former manager, Peter Grant, as first reported by The Times on Monday (July 10)
News Faryal Khan-Thompson named SVP of Marketing and Community Engagement at CD Baby Khan-Thompson joins from TuneCore where she served as VP, International
News Tuned Global joins forces with telco Tusass to launch music streaming service in Greenland App will be Greenland's first local streaming service
Analysis News From Universal’s $50m deal in Thailand to TikTok’s new music streaming service… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The headlines from the past week you can't afford to miss...
News After Nelly’s reported $50m deal with HarbourView, company buys ‘select’ recorded music and publishing assets from Wiz Khalifa HarbourView Equity Partners announces its second deal with a US hip-hop star this week
News Music-for-gaming firm Reactional strikes deal with Sony and Universal-owned production music firm, APM APM Music claims to be North America’s largest aggregator of production music
Analysis News TikTok launches premium-only ‘TikTok Music’ streaming service – and it’s licensed by all three majors TikTok launches Spotify rival in Brazil and Indonesia
Interviews Instrumental invites independent labels to join its AI-powered ‘Label Builder’ program – with guaranteed 20% streaming revenue growth Conrad Withey and team explain Instrumental's confidence in promising indie label clients a revenue uplift from streaming