The hottest-to-go songwriter around right now talks to MBW about writing some of the biggest hits of the last few years, TikTok and launching his own label

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20.11.2024

Kevin Lipson appointed Chief Revenue Officer at Republic Records - Music Business Worldwide

Lipson will oversee revenue strategy at Universal’s East Coast-based group of labels, including Republic, Mercury, Def Jam, and Island.

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20.11.2024

‘I love seeing how far dance music has come. This is not a fad.’ - Music Business Worldwide

Mariesa Stevens, Partner and Vice President at specialist live agency Liaison Artists, on the growth and power of dance music - and putting the importance of putting the fan experience first

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20.11.2024

Lucy Huang appointed Chief Technology & Product Officer at TuneCore - Music Business Worldwide

Exec will be responsible for the company’s development and strategic direction of new technology and products…

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20.11.2024

Key Songs in the Life Of… Maykel Piron - Music Business Worldwide

CEO & Co-Founder of legendary dance music label and now major force in copyright acquisition selects his personal magnificent seven

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19.11.2024

Generative AI opt-outs are unfair and unworkable. Let’s drop the pretense that they’re some sort of compromise. - Music Business Worldwide

The following MBW Views op/ed comes from Ed Newton-Rex, CEO of the ethical generative AI non-profit…

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19.11.2024

Suno, after being sued by the majors for copyright infringement, preps launch of V4, claimed to mark ‘a new era of AI music generation’ - Music Business Worldwide

The company has also hired Jack Brody, formerly of Snap, as its Chief Product Officer.

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19.11.2024

Saudi wealth fund exits Live Nation stake, after making $930M in profit - Music Business Worldwide

Another major Live Nation shareholder, Liberty Media, is planning to spin off a separate company that includes its LN stake.

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19.11.2024

TikTok strikes new long-term partnership with ICE - Music Business Worldwide

The new deal will give TikTok continued access to ICE’s vast catalog of more than 54 million musical works from over 330,000 rightsholders.

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19.11.2024

Taylor Lindsey promoted to Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Nashville - Music Business Worldwide

Ken Robold also named President and Chief Operating Officer of Sony Music Nashville…

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19.11.2024

SoundExchange strikes royalty agreement with SAMPRA, opening new revenue streams for US and South African artists - Music Business Worldwide

SAMPRA represents over 75,000 recording artists and 11,000 record companies in South Africa.

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19.11.2024

Universal Music Group’s stock in Spotify is worth $3bn. Time to sell?

With Spotify’s share price at an all time high, UMG and Sony jointly own more than $5 billion in stock

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19.11.2024

Vevo dscvr artists to watch 2025: FLOYYMENOR, BRYANT BARNES, CHARLOTTE PLANK - Music Business Worldwide

MBW kicks of a series of features showcasing this year’s Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch

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16.11.2024

Shintaro Aki appointed Managing Director of EMI Records Japan - Music Business Worldwide

Exec joins UMJ from Warner Music Japan, where he most recently served as Senior Executive Producer…

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16.11.2024

Daniel Ek just cashed out $35.8 million in Spotify shares. But that’s nothing compared to his co-founder… who just cashed out $383.8 million. - Music Business Worldwide

Spotify’s share price is flying. Following the firm’s announcement of its Q3 2024 results on Tuesday (November 12), SPOT’s stock price jumped on the NYSE…

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16.11.2024

Nas’s Mass Appeal expands into Pakistan, partners with two of the country’s biggest artists, Talha Anjum and Umair - Music Business Worldwide

Company says the move aims to highlight the country’s “dynamic and evolving” hip hop scene…

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16.11.2024

From GEMA’s copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to Hipgnosis’ $1.47bn ABS deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up - Music Business Worldwide

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

Music Business Worldwide

16.11.2024

Jin of BTS is the latest artist to launch an interactive hub on TikTok to promote new solo album, ‘Happy’ - Music Business Worldwide

TikTok has partnered with K-Pop superstar Jin on a new multimedia campaign in support of his first solo album, Happy…

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15.11.2024

Spotify launches ‘Partner Program’ with new monetization options for video creators - Music Business Worldwide

Spotify says expanded video offerings will be good for music rightsholders, as it will bring more listeners to the platform.

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15.11.2024

Chris Taylor launches management company, Hall of Fame Artists - Music Business Worldwide

Taylor is former president and CEO of Blackstone-owned MNRK Music Group…

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15.11.2024

SoundCloud rolls out new monetization feature as part of enhanced upload experience - Music Business Worldwide

The new feature eliminates multiple steps previously required for artists to monetize their content on the platform.

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15.11.2024

Live Nation’s job is to ‘take the punch for the artist’… and 3 other things we learned from Michael Rapino during the company’s investor presentation - Music Business Worldwide

Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing system means that, sometimes, ticket prices actually come down.

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15.11.2024

Anthem Entertainment acquires Puerto Rican rapper Darell’s catalog, hires Victor Mijares as VP of Latin Music - Music Business Worldwide

The Toronto=headquartered company is looking to bolster its presence in the Latin music space.

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15.11.2024

Music.AI partners with SourceAudio to offer stem separation technology to 567,000 users - Music Business Worldwide

SourceAudio’s clients, which include major players in streaming, film, and music, will now be able to generate stems on-demand from any content at scale.

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15.11.2024

Tencent Music is using AI to create viral content… and three other things we learned on the company’s Q3 earnings call - Music Business Worldwide

The music streaming operator is working to differentiate its services amid a long-running slump in monthly active users.

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15.11.2024

Boomplay MD Phil Choi exits, joins Warner Music Group as Head of Business Development for APAC region - Music Business Worldwide

Exec to report to New York-based Allen Coye, who heads up business development for Recorded Music at WMG…

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AEG sues Young Thug for breach of contract after $16M catalog sale (report) - Music Business Worldwide

Partisan, the independent label home of IDLES and Blondshell, inks global distribution deal with Virgin Music Group - Music Business Worldwide

Concord unveils inaugural advisory board - Music Business Worldwide

After raising $165m at a $1bn valuation, Create Music Group acquires UK-based label Ostereo - Music Business Worldwide

The Wombats sell publishing catalog to Evan Bogart’s Seeker Music

Universal Music strikes ‘landmark’ strategic distribution deal with China’s Modern Sky - Music Business Worldwide

Shazam tops 100 billion song recognitions since launch - Music Business Worldwide

Nashville hitmaker Matt Alderman sells catalog to Anthem Entertainment - Music Business Worldwide

Bell Partners and Larrosa form strategic alliance, backed by $350m in investments, to acquire music catalogs and companies - Music Business Worldwide

‘Super-Premium’ music subscription tiers coming in 2025, and 3 other things we learned from Universal Music’s Boyd Muir at the Morgan Stanley conference - Music Business Worldwide

Sony Music settles Whitney Houston biopic lawsuit over alleged unpaid song licenses - Music Business Worldwide

Amazon Music to bundle Audiobooks from Audible - and unlike Spotify’s bundling move, publishers say it won’t decrease revenue for songwriters - Music Business Worldwide

Court asked to review Ed Sheeran ‘Thinking Out Loud’ legal victory - Music Business Worldwide

HarbourView acquires master royalty income of Grammy-winning Jazz star George Benson - Music Business Worldwide

Dan Nigro on changing the pop landscape with Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan - Music Business Worldwide

Kevin Lipson appointed Chief Revenue Officer at Republic Records - Music Business Worldwide

‘I love seeing how far dance music has come. This is not a fad.’ - Music Business Worldwide

Lucy Huang appointed Chief Technology & Product Officer at TuneCore - Music Business Worldwide

Key Songs in the Life Of… Maykel Piron - Music Business Worldwide

Generative AI opt-outs are unfair and unworkable. Let’s drop the pretense that they’re some sort of compromise. - Music Business Worldwide

Suno, after being sued by the majors for copyright infringement, preps launch of V4, claimed to mark ‘a new era of AI music generation’ - Music Business Worldwide

Saudi wealth fund exits Live Nation stake, after making $930M in profit - Music Business Worldwide

TikTok strikes new long-term partnership with ICE - Music Business Worldwide

Taylor Lindsey promoted to Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Nashville - Music Business Worldwide

SoundExchange strikes royalty agreement with SAMPRA, opening new revenue streams for US and South African artists - Music Business Worldwide

Universal Music Group’s stock in Spotify is worth $3bn. Time to sell?

Vevo dscvr artists to watch 2025: FLOYYMENOR, BRYANT BARNES, CHARLOTTE PLANK - Music Business Worldwide

Shintaro Aki appointed Managing Director of EMI Records Japan - Music Business Worldwide

Daniel Ek just cashed out $35.8 million in Spotify shares. But that’s nothing compared to his co-founder… who just cashed out $383.8 million. - Music Business Worldwide

Nas’s Mass Appeal expands into Pakistan, partners with two of the country’s biggest artists, Talha Anjum and Umair - Music Business Worldwide

From GEMA’s copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to Hipgnosis’ $1.47bn ABS deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up - Music Business Worldwide

Jin of BTS is the latest artist to launch an interactive hub on TikTok to promote new solo album, ‘Happy’ - Music Business Worldwide

Spotify launches ‘Partner Program’ with new monetization options for video creators - Music Business Worldwide

Chris Taylor launches management company, Hall of Fame Artists - Music Business Worldwide

SoundCloud rolls out new monetization feature as part of enhanced upload experience - Music Business Worldwide

Live Nation’s job is to ‘take the punch for the artist’… and 3 other things we learned from Michael Rapino during the company’s investor presentation - Music Business Worldwide

Anthem Entertainment acquires Puerto Rican rapper Darell’s catalog, hires Victor Mijares as VP of Latin Music - Music Business Worldwide

Music.AI partners with SourceAudio to offer stem separation technology to 567,000 users - Music Business Worldwide

Tencent Music is using AI to create viral content… and three other things we learned on the company’s Q3 earnings call - Music Business Worldwide

Boomplay MD Phil Choi exits, joins Warner Music Group as Head of Business Development for APAC region - Music Business Worldwide

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