As TikTok faces uncertainty and mounting pressure in the US, its parent company ByteDance plans an ambitious $12 billion investment in artificial intelligence…

Music Business Worldwide

23.01.2025

Music AI raises $40m in Series A round, as its Moises platform hits 50m users - Music Business Worldwide

Music AI prides itself on ‘ethical AI solutions strictly trained on fully licensed content.’

Music Business Worldwide

23.01.2025

UMG’s Frank Briegmann advocates for robust copyright protection on ‘AI and Content Creation’ panel at Davos - Music Business Worldwide

Exec spoke on the ‘AI and Content Creation’ panel at the World Economic Forum event…

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23.01.2025

With latest price increase, Netflix’s Standard subscription now costs $72 more per year than Spotify Premium in the US - Music Business Worldwide

There once was a time when a Netflix subscription actually cost less than Spotify.

Music Business Worldwide

23.01.2025

BMG promotes Johannes von Schwarzkopf to new C-suite role overseeing global strategy and ‘strategic M&A’ - Music Business Worldwide

Exec appointed Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and member of the Executive Board…

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22.01.2025

Germany generated nearly 20bn streams per month on average in 2024 - Music Business Worldwide

The world’s fourth-largest recorded music market generated 236 billion streams in 2024…

Music Business Worldwide

22.01.2025

Drake’s deal is up for renegotiation in 2025, and other revelations from his lawsuit against Universal Music - Music Business Worldwide

Drake alleges UMG knowingly damaged his reputation and endangered his life through Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us.’

Music Business Worldwide

22.01.2025

$500m-valued Suno hit with new copyright lawsuit from Germany’s GEMA - Music Business Worldwide

GEMA represents the copyrights of around 95,000 members in Germany (composers, lyricists, music publishers) as well as over two million rightsholders worldwide.

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22.01.2025

After raising $235m to acquire indie music rights, Duetti hires Netflix exec Sachin Premnath as General Counsel - Music Business Worldwide

Premnath advised Netflix on music-related aspects of film and TV deals, and ran international content acquisition for Sony Entertainment Network.

Music Business Worldwide

22.01.2025

Trump signs executive order delaying TikTok ban, as China appears to soften stance on selling app - Music Business Worldwide

China’s government owns a 1% stake – a so-called ‘golden share‘ – in TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.

Music Business Worldwide

22.01.2025

FireAid confirms official lineups for Intuit Dome and Kia Forum - Music Business Worldwide

The benefit concerts aim to raise funds for communities impacted by the Southern California wildfires…

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22.01.2025

Sonos takeover speculation grows, with Spotify or Amazon tipped as potential suitors (report) - Music Business Worldwide

Though Apple, Google, and Meta are potential buyers, they are unlikely candidates due to their existing strategies, a new report says.

Music Business Worldwide

22.01.2025

‘It’s a great time to be an independent music company – just ask investors.’ - Music Business Worldwide

The following MBW Views op/ed comes from Chad Blackwell is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Dream Street Advisors…

Music Business Worldwide

22.01.2025

Global audio streams jumped 14% in 2024 to 4.8 trillion – with pop music the fastest-growing genre in the US - Music Business Worldwide

Market research firm Luminate named Taylor Swift the top artist of 2024, as well as the top songwriter.

Music Business Worldwide

21.01.2025

After brief shutdown, TikTok restores service in the US as Trump offers ‘assurance’ over divest-or-ban law - Music Business Worldwide

TikTok is back online in America.

Music Business Worldwide

21.01.2025

Live Nation and Crew Nation pledge $1M for Los Angeles wildfire relief - Music Business Worldwide

The initiative offers grants of up to $5,000 for musicians, live music crew, and live music industry workers affected by the fires.

Music Business Worldwide

21.01.2025

FireAid benefit concert expands lineup with Oliva Rodrigo, Peso Pluma, Alanis Morissette, Anderson .Paak and more - Music Business Worldwide

The benefit concert aims to raise funds for communities impacted by the Southern California wildfires.

Music Business Worldwide

20.01.2025

TikTok goes offline for 170m+ US users, as divest-or-ban law takes effect - Music Business Worldwide

Google and Apple have also removed TikTok from their app stores to comply with the law.

Music Business Worldwide

18.01.2025

From Drake suing Universal Music to TikTok facing a US ban… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up - Music Business Worldwide

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

Music Business Worldwide

18.01.2025

TikTok ban law upheld by US Supreme Court

The clock is officially ticking for TikTok in the United States.

Music Business Worldwide

18.01.2025

Billie Eilish, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Nicks among superstars to headline FireAid benefit concerts in Los Angeles - Music Business Worldwide

The one-night, two-venue show is being produced by Shelli and Irving Azoff, in conjunction with Live Nation and AEG Presents.

Music Business Worldwide

18.01.2025

UK-based Melody Rights launches new rights management and distro platform - but won’t focus on distributing music to DSPs like Spotify or Apple Music

Melody Rights says that its distribution network includes access to what it calls ‘top-tier platforms in stock music, gaming, and social music categories’…

Music Business Worldwide

18.01.2025

21 Savage, Gunna, Metro Boomin’, and Wiz Khalifa to perform at Balad Beast 2025 in Saudi Arabia - Music Business Worldwide

The MDLBeast-organized event takes place January 30-31 at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Al-Balad…

Music Business Worldwide

17.01.2025

Here’s the list of music piracy sites being watched by the US government, and what they do - Music Business Worldwide

TikTok’s Chinese service, Douyin, has also been called out for stalling the fight against counterfeit goods.

Music Business Worldwide

17.01.2025

Universal Music Group set to list on US exchange; Pershing Square to sell $500m in UMG stock to make it happen - Music Business Worldwide

The deal requires Pershing to sell at least $500 million worth of its UMG holdings as part of the listing process.

Music Business Worldwide

17.01.2025

Vimeo wins appeal in long-running copyright dispute with record labels - Music Business Worldwide

An appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that Vimeo is protected under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Music Business Worldwide

17.01.2025

As TikTok prepares to shut down in the US, Trump mulls executive order to keep it running (report) - Music Business Worldwide

Legal experts have questioned the Trump administration’s ability to delay or water down the TikTok law through executive orders.

Music Business Worldwide

17.01.2025

Caldecott Music appoints David Nam Le as MD of Vista Musical Instruments and Jon Bahr as Senior Advisor at BandLab Technologies - Music Business Worldwide

The appointments “underscore Caldecott Music Group’s commitment to our mission of empowering our community of artists, creators, and fans.”

Music Business Worldwide

17.01.2025

Reservoir acquires publishing catalog of Lastrada Entertainment - Music Business Worldwide

New York-based Reservoir has spent some $1 billion on catalog acquisitions since its founding.

Music Business Worldwide

16.01.2025

DICE sells electronic music platform Boiler Room to live giant Superstruct, which was acquired by KKR in a $1.4bn deal in 2024 - Music Business Worldwide

DICE acquired the UK’s Boiler Room, an electronic music-centric livestream platform…

Music Business Worldwide

16.01.2025

Drake launches full-blown defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group – read the filing here

Lawsuit follows Drake’s withdrawal of a previous legal petition against UMG and Spotify…

Music Business Worldwide

16.01.2025

On… Los Angeles, The Grammys, and The Recording Academy’s TV gamble. - Music Business Worldwide

MBW founder Tim Ingham’s latest ‘Review’ for MBW+ subscribers…

Music Business Worldwide

16.01.2025

Grand Ole Opry owner expands into music festivals with majority stake in Southern Entertainment - Music Business Worldwide

Founded in 2015, Southern Entertainment has produced more than 500 music events.

Music Business Worldwide

16.01.2025

Deezer partners with Sacem to adopt artist-centric payment model for publishing rights in France - Music Business Worldwide

The France-headquartered streaming service began rolling artist-centric payments for recorded music in 2023.

Music Business Worldwide

16.01.2025

Drake drops legal action against Universal Music and Spotify over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ - Music Business Worldwide

Drake has officially withdrawn his legal petition…

Music Business Worldwide

16.01.2025

There are now over 200m tracks on audio streaming services. Nearly 100m of them aren’t played more than 10 times each year. - Music Business Worldwide

MBW explains new stats revealed by market monitor and analysis platform Luminate today (January 15)…

Music Business Worldwide

16.01.2025

Universal Music hits back at Drake, says he ‘seeks to weaponize the legal process to silence an artist’s creative expression’ - Music Business Worldwide

UMG: “We have not and do not engage in defamation — against any individual.”…

Music Business Worldwide

16.01.2025

While Grammys show goes on, BMG, Downtown, NMPA/Billboard, Friends ’N’ Family and others join in canceling events - Music Business Worldwide

The California wildfires have caused a significant disruption to what is one of the music industry’s most important networking and celebration weeks.

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Sony Music Publishing launches in Thailand, with Tatchara Longprasert named General Manager for the market - Music Business Worldwide

APG sues Create Music Group for alleged ‘massive willful copyright infringement’ - Music Business Worldwide

ByteDance eyes $12B AI chip investment this year amid TikTok uncertainty (report) - Music Business Worldwide

Music AI raises $40m in Series A round, as its Moises platform hits 50m users - Music Business Worldwide

UMG’s Frank Briegmann advocates for robust copyright protection on ‘AI and Content Creation’ panel at Davos - Music Business Worldwide

With latest price increase, Netflix’s Standard subscription now costs $72 more per year than Spotify Premium in the US - Music Business Worldwide

BMG promotes Johannes von Schwarzkopf to new C-suite role overseeing global strategy and ‘strategic M&A’ - Music Business Worldwide

Germany generated nearly 20bn streams per month on average in 2024 - Music Business Worldwide

Drake’s deal is up for renegotiation in 2025, and other revelations from his lawsuit against Universal Music - Music Business Worldwide

$500m-valued Suno hit with new copyright lawsuit from Germany’s GEMA - Music Business Worldwide

After raising $235m to acquire indie music rights, Duetti hires Netflix exec Sachin Premnath as General Counsel - Music Business Worldwide

Trump signs executive order delaying TikTok ban, as China appears to soften stance on selling app - Music Business Worldwide

FireAid confirms official lineups for Intuit Dome and Kia Forum - Music Business Worldwide

Sonos takeover speculation grows, with Spotify or Amazon tipped as potential suitors (report) - Music Business Worldwide

‘It’s a great time to be an independent music company – just ask investors.’ - Music Business Worldwide

Global audio streams jumped 14% in 2024 to 4.8 trillion – with pop music the fastest-growing genre in the US - Music Business Worldwide

After brief shutdown, TikTok restores service in the US as Trump offers ‘assurance’ over divest-or-ban law - Music Business Worldwide

Live Nation and Crew Nation pledge $1M for Los Angeles wildfire relief - Music Business Worldwide

FireAid benefit concert expands lineup with Oliva Rodrigo, Peso Pluma, Alanis Morissette, Anderson .Paak and more - Music Business Worldwide

TikTok goes offline for 170m+ US users, as divest-or-ban law takes effect - Music Business Worldwide

From Drake suing Universal Music to TikTok facing a US ban… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up - Music Business Worldwide

TikTok ban law upheld by US Supreme Court

Billie Eilish, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Nicks among superstars to headline FireAid benefit concerts in Los Angeles - Music Business Worldwide

UK-based Melody Rights launches new rights management and distro platform - but won’t focus on distributing music to DSPs like Spotify or Apple Music

21 Savage, Gunna, Metro Boomin’, and Wiz Khalifa to perform at Balad Beast 2025 in Saudi Arabia - Music Business Worldwide

Here’s the list of music piracy sites being watched by the US government, and what they do - Music Business Worldwide

Universal Music Group set to list on US exchange; Pershing Square to sell $500m in UMG stock to make it happen - Music Business Worldwide

Vimeo wins appeal in long-running copyright dispute with record labels - Music Business Worldwide

As TikTok prepares to shut down in the US, Trump mulls executive order to keep it running (report) - Music Business Worldwide

Caldecott Music appoints David Nam Le as MD of Vista Musical Instruments and Jon Bahr as Senior Advisor at BandLab Technologies - Music Business Worldwide

Reservoir acquires publishing catalog of Lastrada Entertainment - Music Business Worldwide

DICE sells electronic music platform Boiler Room to live giant Superstruct, which was acquired by KKR in a $1.4bn deal in 2024 - Music Business Worldwide

Drake launches full-blown defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group – read the filing here

On… Los Angeles, The Grammys, and The Recording Academy’s TV gamble. - Music Business Worldwide

Grand Ole Opry owner expands into music festivals with majority stake in Southern Entertainment - Music Business Worldwide

Deezer partners with Sacem to adopt artist-centric payment model for publishing rights in France - Music Business Worldwide

Drake drops legal action against Universal Music and Spotify over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ - Music Business Worldwide

There are now over 200m tracks on audio streaming services. Nearly 100m of them aren’t played more than 10 times each year. - Music Business Worldwide

Universal Music hits back at Drake, says he ‘seeks to weaponize the legal process to silence an artist’s creative expression’ - Music Business Worldwide

While Grammys show goes on, BMG, Downtown, NMPA/Billboard, Friends ’N’ Family and others join in canceling events - Music Business Worldwide

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