Analysis Universal and SoundCloud are in talks over a new way to pay artists for streaming MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points – and suggest what might happen next.
News Meta just released an AI music generator that was trained on 20,000 hours of licensed music Researchers at Facebook's parent company have developed an AI text-to-music generator called MusicGen
News Indie distributor Redeye and SESAC’s AudioSalad ink partnership for global digital delivery and technical services AudioSalad was acquired by SESAC Music Group in March of this year
News Firebird and D’Amelio family launch multi-million-dollar talent management venture (report) Firebird was founded by former Ticketmaster exec Nathan Hubbard and ex-KKR partner Nat Zilkha
News As sped-up remixes take over TikTok, Universal releases compilation album of sped-up hits ‘Sped Up Songs: Official Remixes from Viral Creators and Speed Radio' features remixes of tracks by Sam Smith, Lana Del Rey and more
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 DistroKid faces potential class-action lawsuit over how it handles takedown requests Complaint argues that DistroKid breached its fiduciary duty
Analysis Why a $1 billion deal for Queen’s catalog is possible – and what CNN and The Daily Mail got drastically wrong A deeper dive into what could become the biggest music catalog deal of all time
Analysis Carving up, or growing the pie? Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive of the UK-based Music Managers Forum, discusses the major record companies' share of the streaming pie
News New ETF claims to offer ‘convenient solution’ for investors looking for exposure to the global music industry Exchange-traded funds have exploded in popularity in recent years, and now they’re coming to the music business.
News EU calls on tech giants to label AI-generated content The EU is asking tech giants like Google, Meta, TikTok and Microsoft to start labeling AI-generated content on its services
News Karol G partners with Interscope, ‘reaffirming’ long-term relationship with Universal Music Group Karol G signed with Universal Music Latin Entertainment in 2016
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