News Bipartisan TICKET Act introduced in House in push for transparency around ticket pricing Bill seeks to address issues such as hidden fees, on-sale transparency, buyer protections and more
News SESAC Music Group acquires Nashville-based music administration company Music Services Company will continue to function as a standalone business within SESAC Music Group
News Nile Rodgers named as Apple Music’s Artist in Residence focusing on Spatial Audio Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio was rolled out on Apple Music in June 2021
Interviews ‘We are witnessing a resurgence of hip-hop across Africa.’ MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Wale Davies, Sony Music Publishing's Head of A&R for Africa
Analysis HYBE is raising a stack of capital to buy Latin Music companies. Who might it target? MBW picks out 10 companies that might just be on the minds of Scooter Braun and HYBE Chairman, Bang Si-Hyuk
News Why has the Musicians’ Union in the UK declined a pay rise for its session musician members? The MU has been negotiating the rate of pay for session musicians in the UK
News Jeff Skaggs appointed Head of Milk & Honey Nashville Skaggs previously served as VP of Creative at Creative Nation
Interviews This independent artist has over a billion streams on Spotify. 10 years ago, a record label told him his music was ‘unreleasable’. Bruno Major joins the Music Business Worldwide Podcast
News Dua Lipa ‘Levitating’ copyright infringement lawsuit dismissed Artikal Sound System alleged that Levitating was 'substantially similar' to their 2017 track 'Live Your Life'
News Firebird confirms investments in Mick Management, Lex Borrero’s Ntertain, Defected, more Nat Zilkha says Firebird has access to $1 billion in capital, has spent hundreds of millions of dollars
Interviews News As AI-made music explodes, Deezer lays out strategy to identify AI tracks and ‘weed out illegal and fraudulent content’ on its platform Deezer is building a set of tools to detect AI-generated content on its platform
News After closing seed rounds, music startups AudioShake, MYXT team up to integrate technologies Myxt recently raised $2m, and AudioShake raised $2.7m in their respective sees rounds
News After raising $25m, BandLab rebrands Cakewalk production software as part of plan to ’empower all creators’ BandLab acquired certain assets and the complete intellectual property of Cakewalk Inc. from Gibson Brands in 2018
News Sony Music Japan’s PRISM Project expands virtual talent roster with two new new artists SMEJ is doubling down on its virtual talent agency, PRISM Project
News UK government forms creator ‘remuneration working group’, unveils music streaming metadata agreement Initiatives aim to improve pay for musicians and enhance the accuracy and transparency of metadata in the streaming industry