News Six months after selling to Epic Games, Bandcamp is bringing back ‘Bandcamp Fridays’ Nearly 800,000 fans have participated in the Bandcamp Fridays program since March 2020
Analysis News Utopia is raising €300 million in a Series C round that would value its company at €2.5bn. But what’s it building? A deep dive into one of the most intriguing companies operating around and within the modern music business
Analysis News BLACKPINK’s virtual concert on PUBG MOBILE was watched by 15.7m viewers Video marked the first time BLACKPINK have appeared in avatar form for a music video
News Music startup Soundstripe attracts $9m in fresh funding shortly after launching mobile app Startup provides royalty-free music for video
Analysis News The US music publishing industry generated $4.7bn last year – but the record industry grew twice as fast The music publishing industry grew annual revenues by around $700m in the States last year; the record industry jumped up by $1.8 billion
Analysis News Deezer eyes wellbeing app market entrance with ‘Zen by Deezer’ App is 'currently being tested with small user groups to prepare for a launch in early 2023'
Analysis News Deezer lost 300,000 subs in H1 2022 YoY, but revenue jumped up 9.9% Despite seeing a drop in its subscriber base outside France, Deezer’s overall first-half sales jumped 9.9% YoY (constant currency) to €219 million in H1 2022
News iHeartMedia’s latest metaverse move is the launch of ‘iHeartLand’ in Fortnite, and a virtual Charlie Puth concert Media giant to launch 'iHeartLand' inside Epic Games' hit video game
Interviews ‘Web3 can fix most, if not all of the music industry’s issues when it comes to finances.’ Grammy-winning producer !llmind is interviewed in MBW's World's Greatest Producers series
Interviews ‘A notification done correctly is one of the most powerful tools within mobile phones.’ MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Jake Zinn, founder of US-based music release notification app Beepr
News Fans can now pay to access their favorite artist’s music before it’s officially released on Audiomack Platform, with around 20 million monthly users, builds on its earlier Supporters feature with new tool for artists
News NetEase Cloud Music added 872,000 paying subs in Q2, far less than Tencent Music’s 2.5m NCM and TME combined grew by fewer subs than Spotify in Q2
Analysis How artists are exploiting lax metadata protections by streaming services What if tagging the wrong artist pages on DSPs wasn't just a headache to resolve, but also a money-making scheme?
News Americans spend 60% of entertainment time on ad-filled platforms, new study finds New study was released by US market monitor Luminate (formerly MRC Data / Nielsen Music) Tuesday (August 16)
News What do the world’s biggest music companies really think about the economics of streaming? A summary of what a number of leading global music companies argued to Britain's Competition and Markets Authority