Analysis Sony, Warner Chappell, Concord, Reservoir urge less regulation of PROs in responses to US Copyright Office inquiry All companies have argued strongly for reduced regulation in the sector
Analysis News From Warner’s superfan app to Create buying !K7… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis Five reasons why sync is still stuck in the last century… The following MBW op/ed comes from Tom Stingemore, the founder of sync data platform, ALLOY
Analysis On… OpenAI, Bain Capital, Daniel Ek, and reasons to be cheerful Tim Ingham's latest Review, exclusively sent to MBW+ subscribers
Analysis News From Pophouse’s $1.3bn music rights fund to Morrissey’s legal action… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News Tony Blair’s institute just published an AI report calling for the UK to rip up copyright law. Here’s what it says… The report is titled Rebooting Copyright: How the UK Can Be a Global Leader in the Arts and AI
Analysis News Latin Music’s US revenues hit $1.42 billion in 2024, up 5.8% YoY Latin Music revenues accounted for 8.1% of total recorded music revenue in the US last year
Analysis 5 million songs and $288m spent on catalogs: 8 Things We Learned from Universal Music Group’s 2024 Annual Report From the balance of catalog and frontline to granular financial details, MBW wades through a treasure trove of data
Analysis AI and the new Value Gap: Four actions to prevent songwriters from being sidelined MBW Views is a series of exclusive op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following op/ed comes from Ran Geffen Levy
Analysis News BMG surpassed $1bn revenue in 2024 and spent $263m buying catalogs – as EBITDA surged to record $287m Revenue up 6.4% YoY, or 8.1% YoY on an organic basis, as catalog spending outstrips 2023
Analysis News From Dua Lipa’s copyright lawsuit win to Concord’s Stem acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News UMG’s AI training injunction request shot down by judge in Anthropic lawsuit – but music publishers can now gather more evidence from platform Licensing deals between OpenAI and news publishers suggest damages could be measured if Universal wins, says judge
Analysis KATSEYE, concerts, and BTS’s comeback: What we learned from HYBE’s latest earnings call Revelations and predictions from Korean firm's all-important Q4 chat with fiscal analysts
Analysis The best argument why Spotify (and other music streaming platforms) need to increase their prices in 2025. Why the oft-ignored metric of ARPCH gives the music industry a fresh perspective – and fresh insights – on streaming's pricing model
Analysis News AI-made works can’t be copyrightable, says US court… for now, at least. AI-assisted works are copyrightable, however, asserts appeals court