Analysis News Drake’s deal is up for renegotiation in 2025, and other revelations from his lawsuit against Universal Music Drake alleges UMG knowingly damaged his reputation and endangered his life through Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us'
Analysis News Here’s the list of music piracy sites being watched by the US government, and what they do ‘Bulletproof’ internet providers are frustrating the fight against music piracy, US Trade Representative report warns
Analysis News There are now over 200m tracks on audio streaming services. Nearly 100m of them aren’t played more than 10 times each year. MBW explains new stats revealed by market monitor and analysis platform Luminate today (January 15)
Analysis News UK music streaming subscription revenues jumped 7.8% YoY in 2024 to $2.58bn – boosted by Spotify price rise Spotify's price rise last year would have been a big boost to the numbers...
Analysis News Discovery+ just raised prices in the US. Should Spotify follow suit? This graph tells its own story… See how the likes of Netflix and Disney have upped their prices in the US over the past decade
Analysis News Inside the portfolio of businesses owned by Downtown Music – the company Universal is buying for $775m Key facts and stats about the businesses and platforms owned by Downtown today
Analysis News Live Nation just majority-acquired a Hollywood influencer management company. Here’s why that matters. Company currently represents 25 clients, who, together, have nearly 200 million combined social media followers
Analysis Spotify paid Warner Music Group $1.16bn in FY 2024. (That’s around the same amount the streamer’s execs have cashed out in stock this year.) Warner's financial filings reveal Spotify's contribution to the company's revenues in the 12 months to end of September
Analysis News Universal Music Group’s stake in Spotify is now worth $3 billion. Is it time to sell? With Spotify's share price at an all time high, UMG and Sony jointly own more than $5 billion in stock
Analysis News OpenAI just won a copyright battle brought by two news outlets. What could this mean for the music industry’s lawsuits against AI firms? Some observers say the ruling weakens music companies' claims against AI developers, but the OpenAI case is very different from the music cases
News Sony generated $2.55bn from recorded music and publishing in Q3, up 9.6% YoY Company's global recorded music revenues were up over 10% YoY
Analysis News HYBE’s CEO just issued an apology to K-Pop artists, fans and rival labels amid a torrent of controversies from leaked internal documents. What’s going on? Disparaging comments about certain K-pop stars have angered fans, while other revelations have piqued the interest of regulators
Analysis Why was Sony Music willing to pay megabucks for Queen and Pink Floyd’s catalogs? MBW glances over some of the key factors in Sony's willingness to spend over $2 billion on three recent catalog deals
Analysis News ‘Works for hire’? Jury trial to decide if 2 Live Crew’s members, heirs have any right to its music 2 Live Crew's members and their heirs are fighting to take back the recording copyrights on the 1980s rap band's music
Analysis News TikTok on the clock: A timeline of the app’s tumultuous relationship with the current US government TikTok and the US Justice Department faced off in federal court on Monday (September 16)