Analysis News Concord is ready to pay $468.8m to buy Round Hill’s UK fund. How did it reach that price?MBW gets out its calculator to pore over Citrin Cooperman's numbers
Analysis Interviews With $65m raised, can DICE satisfy its growth ambitions (even considering the colossal market power of Ticketmaster)?Matt Pincus and Phil Hutcheon outline their view of the ticketing market to MBW
Analysis If BMI is sold, could a cull of its huge songwriter membership be on the cards?Will BMI's new private equity owners be able to challenge the restrictive Consent Decrees that goven how the org operates?
Analysis Will Universal and Warner be able to overcome the problems with licensing ‘Deepfakes’ of their artists?MBW Reacts is a series of comment pieces from the Music Business Worldwide team. They are our analytical (and sometimes opinionated) reactions to major recent entertainment news stories...
Analysis News Would it be worth Spotify shutting down its free tier in the US?Delving into the math and the logic behind the prospect of Spotify making a dramatic move in the world's biggest market
Analysis Spotify is raising its price in the US and 52 other markets. How much money will that make the music industry?Whether you take a punchy or conservative view, Spotify is about to make a load more money
Analysis Taylor Swift’s ‘Taylor’s Version’ re-records may be exceeding even her high expectationsMBW crunches the latest streaming figures for Swift's catalog, and mulls what it means for her masterplan
Analysis Universal is spending $50 million to boost its market share in Thailand. Expect more M&A activity in Asia to follow.The majority-acquisition of RS Group in Thailand may indicate that more M&A swoops are on the way from Universal
Analysis Why a $1 billion deal for Queen’s catalog is possible – and what CNN and The Daily Mail got drastically wrongA deeper dive into what could become the biggest music catalog deal of all time
Analysis Why the music business should be watching Japan’s AI developments very closelyMBW Reacts to recent news about AI training in Japan
Analysis News TikTok is starting to look more and more like SoundCloudTikTok music strategy moves up a gear with new music discovery hub, and exclusive deals with indie artists
Analysis The Boomy/Spotify streaming fraud debacle proves ‘pro-rata’ must go – urgently.Is that the kind of music business you signed up for? Because it's the one you've got.
Analysis Ad-supported music streaming is broken.Resso, Deezer, and Gaana have all cut their free tiers in the past year. Will more services follow?
Analysis Universal Music Group: Yes, ripping off Drake’s voice for that AI track was illegal – and we’re certain of it.Sir Lucian Grainge and Michael Nash couldn't be more unequivocal: The rash of copycat AI voices, they say, is 'clearly illegal'