News 83% of people who pirate music, film and TV tried to find it legally first, says survey "There is a prevailing myth that streaming services have killed piracy, but unfortunately this just isn't the case."
News Sony/ATV: We’ll share Tencent equity profits with our songwriters MBW revealed that publisher is an equity holder yesterday
News Sony/ATV owns a stake in Tencent Music Entertainment Universal-owned EMI Group and Sony-owned EMI Music Publishing also have stakes
News SoundCloud CEO Kerry Trainor: ‘We’re in a much clearer place now.’ SoundCloud CEO Kerry Trainor joins the MBW Podcast to discuss the platform's trajectory
News Apple Music to shake up charts – with another new global division New department under Oliver Schusser will 'enable effective, data-driven conversations with labels and artists'
Analysis Why Sony’s EMI buyout won’t make it the world’s biggest music company – but will make it the biggest publisher How Sony and Universal would have stacked up in the 12 months to end of March this year
News Pandora completes $145m acquisition of AdsWizz, paying $66m in cash 9.9 million shares of Pandora common stock paid as part of the deal
News Emma Banks to receive Music Industry Trusts Award in November CAA exec follows Rob Stringer to win award in London
News YouTube Music begins its ascent: ‘The potential prize here is huge’ YouTube Music arrives in the US, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea
News Swedish startup Amuse closes $15.5m funding round Capital will be used to expand operations globally in Europe and the US
News Instrumental supports MBW, backing regular ‘Review’ series 'It's a perfect partnership and we are proud to be supporting the regular features'
Analysis Why Billboard’s new chart changes will please some – but aggravate others The USA's leading chart is about to slash the value of 'free' streams versus their paid counterparts
News YouTube expands ‘Artist On The Rise’ program with Jessie Reyez support YouTube is doubling down on supporting emerging artists
News YouTube just added songwriter, label and publisher credits to millions of songs More than half a billion videos now carry credits on Google/Alphabet platform
News Now TIDAL is accused of failing to pay record labels on time Dagens Næringsliv report claims that TIDAL hasn't paid labels for months