News On Air signs deal with Universal’s Mercury Studios, bringing concerts by The Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, others to streaming Concerts by Katy Perry, Madonna, Hans Zimmer, Etta James, Fall Out Boy, Bob Marley and others are coming to On Air
Analysis News Universal’s direct-to-fan business has been growing at a whopping 33% rate, and 3 other things we learned at UMG’s Capital Markets Day UMG has revealed it's working with Spotify on the streaming platform's new 'Super-Premium' subscription tier
Analysis News Who owns Spotify in 2024? Co-founders Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon continue to dominate as shareholders of Spotify.
Analysis News Why UMG’s slowdown in streaming revenue growth is (partly) an illusion… and 4 other things we learned from Universal’s latest earnings call UMG's leadership team isn't worried about one quarter's worth of results, and says they're looking at the long term
News AI ‘will bring the biggest revolution the creative sector has seen,’ Björn Ulvaeus says in CISAC’s latest annual report The global umbrella group of collection societies is urging rightsholders to fight for their rights in the age of AI
Analysis News Record companies are better placed than streaming platforms to monetize superfans… and 3 other things Robert Kyncl said in his new Q&A Warner Music Group’s CEO has some “radical” ideas on how to change how streaming services pay music rights holders
News Nepal bans TikTok amid concerns over ‘social harmony’ TikTok was "disrupting social harmony, goodwill and [enabling] flow of indecent materials," the country's foreign minister has reportedly said.
Analysis 5 observations on… Epic Games’ sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr Here are five observations about what the deal means for Songtradr, Bandcamp, and other players in the music industry
News Believe says it’s distributed €700 million in royalties in APAC region, as it marks 10th anniversary of expansion into Asia Believe's strategy is to focus on developing local artists in China, India and Southeast Asia.
Analysis News Who owns Deezer today? Access Industries is Deezer's biggest shareholder, with ownership of over a third of the company
Analysis News From Jungkook’s 35.5m monthly Spotify listeners to Avid’s $1.4bn sale to STG… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up Five of the biggest headlines on MBW this week...
Analysis Kakao and K-Pop giant SM Entertainment are ramping up their US presence. What will that mean for HYBE? Korea's biggest music companies are increasing their presence in the United States – and they're hungry to grow market share
Interviews Viberate’s Vasja Veber on offering premium analytics to a wider audience and the ‘democratization of data’ Viberate's Vasja Veber tells us more about the Viberate for Artists platform, and offers his predictions for the future of the independent artist space...
News Viberate launches Independent Artist platform offering distribution and advances up to $1m Music data company Viberate has expanded its services with a new platform for independent musicians
Analysis News Microsoft is developing an AI rap generator, DeepRapper – trained on a large set of songs ‘crawled’ from the web DeepRapper is one of a number of projects being developed in China by Microsoft's Muzic AI team