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)
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