Analysis News English language music’s popularity on streaming services is shrinking in the US… and globally. English language music is becoming statistically less popular on streaming services
News Universal Music Group calls on US Congress to pass new rules regulating AI Jeffrey Harleston, General Counsel and EVP for Business and Legal Affairs at UMG, appeared a Senate hearing this week
News Superstar Chinese singer-songwriter Tia Ray inks global publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group Tia Ray is the first and only Chinese singer to be listed on IFPI’s Top 10 Global Singles Chart
Analysis News Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s like-for-like net revenues rose 10.9% in FY 2023, streaming revenues up 14.8% last year Firm calls period its strongest FY performance since its IPO five years ago
News Rami Mohsen appointed Managing Director of Sony Music Middle East Mohsen previously served as the Head of Music - Middle East, North Africa & South Asia Subset at Spotify
Analysis News On-demand audio streams grew 13.5% to reach 616.5bn in the US in H1… and 5 other key stats from Luminate’s midyear report On-demand song streams (including audio and video streams) grew 15% YoY to 713.5bn in the US last year, while on-demand audio streams grew 13.5% to reach 616.5bn
Analysis News 100 million AI-generated tracks have been created by music platform Mubert Figure is roughly equal to the entire catalog of tracks available on Spotify
Interviews Will Page on streaming pricing, music’s revenue ‘pie’ – and why the global record industry is more local than ever The author and former Chief Economist at Spotify discusses multiple hot topics with MBW founder Tim Ingham
Interviews ‘Madizin Music is redefining the traditional relationship between artists and labels.’ Madizin Music Managing Director Pat Benzner on Schlager, Deutchpop and Germany's music business...
News Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Meta over alleged copyright infringement in AI training Silverman is one of three book authors suing OpenAI and Meta
Analysis Peloton paid the record industry more than TikTok last year, says Goldman Sachs (and 3 more revelations from financial giant’s latest ‘Music In The Air’ paper) MBW combs through the latest iteration of one of music's most influential financial reports
News Faryal Khan-Thompson named SVP of Marketing and Community Engagement at CD Baby Khan-Thompson joins from TuneCore where she served as VP, International
Analysis News From Universal’s $50m deal in Thailand to TikTok’s new music streaming service… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The headlines from the past week you can't afford to miss...
News Swedish collection society STIM’s payouts hit record $217m in 2022 The society revealed the figures in its annual report for 2022
Analysis News TikTok launches premium-only ‘TikTok Music’ streaming service – and it’s licensed by all three majors TikTok launches Spotify rival in Brazil and Indonesia