Interviews Why Primary Wave – and the Marley estate – could be sitting on a goldmine with new Bob Marley show, Hope Road Larry Mestel gives MBW a peek behind the curtain of his company's new Vegas show – and the future of 'name, image, and likeness' in music
News King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard join Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu in pulling music from Spotify after Daniel Ek’s military AI investment Ek recently led a €600 million (USD $703m) series D for Helsing, a defense company focused on AI-powered military drones.
News From Concord’s $1.76 billion ABS transaction to Universal Music Group’s EU scrutiny… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest music biz headlines from the past few days, all in once place.
Interviews ONErpm’s Emmanuel Zunz: ‘There are no more distribution companies, there are no more record labels. There are just companies providing solutions to creators.’ ONErpm founder Emmanuel Zunz on hitting $300m revenue, the Universal/Downtown deal, and why traditional music industry categories are dead to him
Interviews Naoshi Fujikura on breaking global superstars, Japan’s culture of superfans, and UMG’s positioning in the world’s second-largest music market… MBW's World Leaders series meets Naoshi Fujikura, President & CEO of Universal Music Japan
News ‘Super listeners’ make up just 2% of an artist’s monthly streaming audience, yet buy 50% of concert tickets, Spotify says Spotify may have just identified the 'super-superfans' who truly drive an artist's career
Analysis The UK government just unveiled a new ‘label-led’ initiative to improve pay for legacy artists, songwriters and session musicians. Here’s what that means… UK songwriters will be the first in the world to receive a per-diem from labels for attending songwriting sessions
News Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal pioneer, dies aged 76 "It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning," said his family in a statement
News Concord closes $1.76 billion asset-backed securities transaction to ‘fuel continued growth’ Transaction represents the 'longest duration ABS issuance at scale in the music sector,' said Concord
News ABBA’s 1979 hit ‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!’ crosses 1 billion Spotify streams as Gen Z drives revival Achievement marks the pop group’s second entry into Spotify’s Billions Club, following Dancing Queen in July 2023.
Analysis News From Universal Music’s EU setback to Live Nation’s DOJ nightmare… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
News TikTok launches new features for songwriters to spotlight their work The app is working to better integrate with the music community and formalize its relationship with music companies
Analysis On… The Orchard, indie deals, and willing sellers This article originally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest MBW+ Review email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.
News Roblox partners with Netflix and Lionsgate on new creator licensing platform The licensing tool gives IP owners self-service options to register and create IP licenses, set terms and collect revenue shares automatically.
News Lightroom has previously produced immersive events for Billie Eilish and Coldplay. Now it’s secured investment and IP from Reservoir Media to create more music experiences Reservoir will provide 'best-in-class IP' for Lightroom’s immersive experiences