Analysis News Robert Kyncl talks M&A strategy, A&R spend, AI regulation, and more on Warner Music’s latest earnings call Warner Music Group's CEO discussed the company's calendar Q1 results with analysts today (May 8)
News Merlin joins Music Fights Fraud Alliance to tackle streaming fraud Shortly before joining the alliance, Merlin appointed Sarah McNabb as its first Director of Content Integrity
Interviews ‘If everybody’s running one way, you can’t be running the same way. You don’t need to be the 20th version of something.’ MBW’s partnership with the brilliant Did Ya Know? podcast continues with Adrian Sykes in conversation with RCA UK Co-President Stacey Tang…
News Brazil launches ‘largest-ever’ operation to disrupt streaming fraud At least 43 illegal services in Brazil have been disrupted, and 1,131 resellers of streaming fraud services outside Brazil have been impacted
Analysis News From Warner’s superfan app to Create buying !K7… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News YouTube launches new AI music tool… that makes instant copyright-free video soundtracks The update to YouTube's Creator Music marketplace enables video creators to produce AI-generated music via text prompts
News Exclusive: Morrissey launches legal action against alleged online fraudster, as Web Sheriff investigation uncovers ‘decades-long defamation campaign’ MBW obtains letter from Morrissey's lawyers accusing alleged perpetrator of defamation and illegal conduct
News What the RIAA, NMPA and other music organizations want from Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan Key suggestions from a joint AI Action Plan submission from 10 music industry bodies
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
Interviews ‘I’ve spent every day since I’ve known Lola believing that it was going to happen.’ Nick Shymansky on Lola, Amy, gut vs data and the importance of knowing the difference between good and great
News Sony Music, DNS Capital lead $16m Series A funding round for AI licensing platform Vermillio Vermillio claims to be the first AI platform that 'securely licenses IP and allows IP holders and talent to safely engage with generative AI technologies'.
News HYBE revenue soared to an all time high of $1.65bn in 2024, but operating profit dropped 37.5% YoY The company has announced plans to roll out a new group through its Latin America division
News HYBE’s AI voice cloning company Supertone unveils text-to-speech tool that can create a custom voice ‘in just 10 seconds’ Supertone says its tool includes safeguards to prevent it from being used in deepfakes
Analysis News ByteDance has been building an AI music beast… with a little help from The Beatles and Michael Jackson ByteDance is fascinated with building music AI technologies...
News Court increases prison sentence for Danish man convicted of streaming fraud The Eastern Jutland resident was convicted for artificially inflating stream counts on 689 tracks