Interviews Lyor Cohen talks music videos, AI, and YouTube hitting 125m paid subcribers YouTube's 'twin engines' of subscriptions and advertising appear to be firing on all cylinders.
News Bad Bunny label Rimas Entertainment acquires ‘significant’ stake in Dale Play Records Deal establishes a partnership between Rimas Entertainment, Dale Play Records, and Sony Music Entertainment
News LyricFind sues Musixmatch over alleged antitrust violations Musixmatch has called the accusations "meritless"
News Who’s about to buy Suicideboys’ lucrative music publishing catalog ? Rumors abound after Billboard reports that duo's masters could sell for more than $300 million
Analysis News YouTube Music hits 125 million subscribers, adding 2m subs per month on average over the past year YouTube added +25 million subscribers over the past 12 months
Interviews ‘Our strategy involves pulling every lever possible to maximize an artist’s career.’ MBW's Trailblazers series meets Leander Kirschner, founder and CEO of Berlin-based independent music company Bamboo Artists.
News Drake settles legal dispute with iHeartMedia over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ However, Drake's legal petition against Universal Music Group will remain active in a Texas court
News Warner Music Africa Francophone hosts songwriting camp in Abidjan The camp took place months after Warner Music launched WM Africa Francophone, operating in France and French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa
Analysis News From Amazon’s Suno tie-up to Kobalt’s new publishing platform… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News $500m-valued Suno has admitted training AI on copyrighted music. That hasn’t stopped Amazon from adding its controversial tech to Alexa The new voice assistant is also integrated with the Claude chatbot from Anthropic, an AI company facing a copyright lawsuit from music publishers
Analysis Interviews Riot Games, Epic Games, and Tuned Global on the future of music in gaming Gaming continues to be a big opportunity for music rightsholders.
News Michael Lewan named Executive Director of Music Fights Fraud Alliance; YouTube Music, ONErpm, Revelator, Too Lost and more join as members Org was formed in June 2023 to tackle fraud in the music industry
News Spain generated nearly half a billion dollars from streaming in 2024, as total recorded music revenues rose 9.42% YoY Market's total revenues reached EUR €568.8 million in 2024
News Chloe Bailey hit with copyright infringement suit over ‘Trouble In Paradise’ tracks Singer, songwriter and producer 4Rest is seeking punitive damages of $5 million per track for three tracks on Chloe's second album