Analysis News Queen shows no sign of fading into history as band’s earnings jump 4.3% to $50m in 2022 Latest annual report published by Queen Productions Ltd.
Analysis TikTok’s parent has launched an AI music making app. What might this mean for the video platform’s music licensing talks? How might the launch of Ripple, an AI-powered music making app, play into the short-form video platform's future licensing negotiations
Analysis Taylor Swift’s ‘Taylor’s Version’ re-records may be exceeding even her high expectations MBW crunches the latest streaming figures for Swift's catalog, and mulls what it means for her masterplan
News Mike Molinar promoted to President at Big Machine Music Molinar has led BMM since its inception in 2011
News Wissam Khodur, a.k.a Eslam Jawaad, joins PopArabia as VP of A&R and Acquisitions He was was most recently Spotify’s Head of the Middle East and North Africa
Analysis Universal is spending $50 million to boost its market share in Thailand. Expect more M&A activity in Asia to follow. The majority-acquisition of RS Group in Thailand may indicate that more M&A swoops are on the way from Universal
News Sony Music Latin partners with Switzerland-based interactive entertainment firm Nexoom Nexoom specializes in livestreaming, esports, gaming, music, sports and non-gaming content
Analysis Blog ‘Clustering reduces the risk of the wrong rights owners being paid and assists in making performer line-ups as complete and consistent as possible.’ PPL’s Chief Information Officer Mark Douglas examines the potential for ‘clustering’ to help solve problems ranging from accuracy to fraud…
News Watch out YouTube, Spotify’s considering adding full-length music videos to its app (report) Bloomberg reports that Spotify is in discussions to test full-length music videos in its app
Analysis News Meet Ripple: TikTok parent’s new AI-powered music-making app that can turn a hummed melody into a song ByteDance's free-to-use music production app features: a 'Melody to Song' generator and a virtual recording studio
News Canva inks deals with Warner and Merlin to let creators use songs in their content Canva has built a user base of around 135m
News Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners sells 50% stake in music library to $200m-backed Multimedia Music Transaction includes the rights to the soundtracks of numerous movies, including 1917, The BFG, Bridge of Spies
News $500m-backed Litmus Music acquires music rights from Benny Blanco Litmus was launched by music industry veterans Hank Forsyth and Dan McCarroll with Carlyle Global Credit
Analysis News Snafu launches AI-powered ‘Snafu Song Fund’ financing for indie artists backed by $7m round led by Pophouse Entertainment New funding round also saw participation from music manager Marc Jordan through his investment fund Blue Amber Investments
News African music streaming service Mdundo forecasts 35% MAU growth in upcoming fiscal year Mdundo said it expects to hit 35 million MAUs in FY 2023-2024