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)
Analysis Universal Music Group is targeting 8-10% annual growth in subscription streaming revenues. Here’s how that might play out. UMG has announced some important new numbers. If they come true, how might they affect the company's growth?
Analysis Who owns Live Nation? The concert's giants owners include Liberty Media, some heavy-hitting investment firms... and Jimmy Iovine
Analysis News Who owns K-pop giant HYBE? HYBE founder Bang Si-hyuk remains the largest shareholder, but Scooter Braun and BTS own a significant chunk as well
Analysis News Spotify just won a long-running lawsuit over streaming of Eminem’s catalog – despite the court finding it didn’t have a license for the music. What does this mean for publishers? A long-running legal battle between Eminem's publisher, Spotify and Kobalt holds lessons for the music business
Analysis News As HYBE raises $80m for its gaming business, could it try to emulate Sony Corp’s cross-media strategy? New 'HYBE 2.0' global strategy could look to borrow elements of Sony's longstanding multi-divisional structure
Analysis News In case you missed it… HYBE, the company behind superstars BTS and Seventeen, just launched a label services business in the US MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points
Analysis News How the ‘COPIED Act’ could make it unlawful to train AI using copyrighted material without permission… A new front has opened in the battle between IP owners and AI companies who would use copyrighted IP to train AI without permission
Analysis News Sony Music is in the process of taking control of Queen’s UK-based companies Sony Music's landmark Queen catalog acquisition is getting closer and closer to becoming 'official'
Analysis A warning sign? Sweden has fewer paying music subscribers than it did 2 years ago, according to YouGov survey. New report suggests that Swedish consumers are potentially becoming more price-sensitive for streaming music
Analysis How the major labels plan to cost Suno and Udio billions (and why it all rests on Michael Bublé) The AI music companies' business model "threatens to eliminate the existing market for licensing sound recordings"
Analysis News What’s behind France and Canada’s music streaming taxes, and where could they happen next (hint: the USA?) This year, two significant music markets – France and Canada – have slapped new taxes on the revenues of music streaming services
Analysis News Bill Ackman, a major Universal Music shareholder, just got richer – and much more ambitious. What might this mean for UMG? How Pershing Square's new money-game connects to Universal Music Group – and the music business at large
Analysis The DoJ is suing to break up Live Nation. What exactly does the lawsuit aim to achieve – and could the concert giant win? The DoJ has its work cut out for it, if it wants to see Live Nation and Ticketmaster broken up