News Sir Lucian Grainge: Music needs a new streaming payout model… and we’re working on it. Universal boss takes aim at streaming models that he says are being gamed by 'bad actors'
News Bad Bunny, BLACKPINK and Frank Ocean to headline 2023 Coachella Other acts include Gorillaz, Burna Boy, The Chemical Brothers, Blondie and Becky G
News TikTok strikes licensing deal with Warner-backed Rotana Music Group Rotana is claimed to be 'the largest record label and music repertoire holder in the Arab world'.
News Music industry veterans Howie Singer and Adam Parness join Beatdapp advisory board Former SVP and Chief Strategic Technologist of Warner Music and Former Global Head of Music Publishing at Spotify join Beatdapp
Interviews ‘Being a publisher in 2023 is so different to what it was previously — you can’t just sit there and hope the song’s value will be appreciated, you’ve got to do the work.’ MBW's Inspiring Women series interviews Warner Chappell Music COO and Co-Chair Carianne Marshall
Analysis News The story of Trefuego’s TikTok hit 90mh – and Sony’s bid to scrub it from the internet It was a TikTok viral hit with hundreds of millions of streams – before Sony issued a copyright takedown. But five months on, it won't go away.
News Sony Music settles trademark lawsuit over Future’s ‘High Off Life’ album Complaint was originally filed in 2020
News Triller didn’t end up completing an IPO in 2022. Now it’s being sued by Universal Music Group Complaint follows lawsuit filed by Sony Music in 2022
Analysis News 5 numbers that will come to define the music business in 2023 MBW picks out a handful of statistics underpinning some of the red-hot issues bubbling away as we type...
Interviews Key Songs in the Life Of… Stuart Camp Ed Sheeran's manager picks the five songs that have meant the most to him in his life and career to date
News Deezer admits data breach that potentially exposed over 220 million users’ info Deezer blames third-party partner for information being hacked
News Copyright Royalty Board officially accepts new rates that will see songwriters paid more in the US over the next 5 years The services which will be affected by / bound to the new CRB IV rates are: Amazon Music, Apple Music, Google / YouTube Music, Pandora, and Spotify
News Now Believe muscles in on majors in Germany Believe says it was the third largest company in the German music streaming market based on local repertoire in 2022, behind Universal Music Group and Sony Music
News After hosting a virtual Blackpink concert that attracted 15.7m viewers, PUBG MOBILE is launching its own label PUBG already produces its own original music via a virtual band called POWER 4
Analysis News 4 things we learned from Merck Mercuriadis’ Q&A with Hipgnosis Songs Fund analysts Hipgnosis founder discusses decay curves, ownership of catalogs and more in London