News Disney Music Group strikes deal with AI music startup AudioShake to ‘unlock new listening and fan engagement experiences’ for its catalog DMG to use AudioShake’s stem separation and lyric transcription tech
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Ole Obermann Ole Obermann, Global Head of Music Development and IP at TikTok, talks us through the tracks that have shaped his life and career so far
News Record labels have sent ‘hundreds of thousands’ of copyright infringement notices to Verizon. Now they’re suing the internet provider for over $2bn Record companies sue ISP for alleged 'massive copyright infringement committed by tens of thousands of its subscribers'.
News David Wolter and Miles Beard named Co-Heads of East Coast and West Coast A&R at Republic Records Wolter is based in New York, while Beard is based in Los Angeles
News After raising $150M at $1bn valuation, avatar startup Genies launches network to connect cultural icons with innovation partners Celebrities like Paris Hilton and Camila Cabello have invested in the avatar creation company
News Downtown Music holds talks with PE firms, major music company regarding sale (report) The music company has been shifting focus from copyright ownership to providing services for copyright holders
Analysis News From Blackstone’s Hipgnosis deal to the US Copyright Office’s ‘landmark’ ruling… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place
Analysis Blog ‘There is no legal or indeed moral excuse for the commercial use of music by AI companies without the prior permission of songwriters and rightholders.’ John Phelan, Director General of ICMP, explores the implications of the EU's new Artificial Intelligence Act
News Universal Music Australia launches not-for-profit record label Irruk Birruk to bring indigenous artists and music to a wider audience UMG describes the new label as an "industry-first move towards making Indigenous music more accessible"
News Ireland’s IMRO extends royalty collection agreement with ICE 'International collaboration is key to maximizing revenues for rightsholders whilst minimizing costs without duplicating resources in individual markets'
News Virgin Music Group partners with Japan’s Frontier Works for anime music projects The global anime market has seen explosive growth in recent years.
News PRS celebrates 110th anniversary with commemorative publication in partnership with MBUK Collection society reflects on over a century of working on behalf of songwriters around the world
News Warner Music Japan Chief Operating Officer Kazuhiro Shimada exits Shimada joined Warner Music Japan in November 2022
News Spotify is introducing comments to its podcasts. Are music tracks next? Spotify could follow YouTube, SoundCloud and China's streaming services in upping interactivity on its platform
News Shazam users can now find artists’ Ticketmaster events through the app Ticketmaster's partnership with Shazam follows its integrations with TikTok and Snapchat
News Greg Aiello promoted to Managing Director of UK’s PPL PRS as Andrea Gray steps down Andrea Gray served as Managing Director at PPL PRS since the joint venture's founding in 2018
News Tom Kershaw, Justin Rohde join BMI as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Transformation Officer amid widespread change at the PRO The PRO recently switched to a for-profit model, and was sold to a shareholder group led by New Mountain Capital
News Amuse launches ‘Stream Check’ feature to let artists know if their music is being used in streaming fraud Artists may be unaware that their music is the target of streaming fraud until it's pulled down from DSPs