Music Business News: France Analysis News From Ed Sheeran’s speech to UMG vs. TuneCore… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place… News Believe and TuneCore say they ‘strongly refute’ copyright infringement claims in UMG’s $500m lawsuit and ‘will fight them’ The lawsuit, filed on Monday (November 4) alleges that Believe has built its business through industrial-scale copyright infringement' Analysis News Deezer reports 11% revenue growth for calendar Q3 The company attributes its revenue growth to new partnerships and subscription price hikes News ASCAP and Sacem form strategic alliance that will include a new AI task force The new partnership builds on earlier collaborations between the two collective management organizations News Warner Music to spotlight French-language artists via new Africa Francophone venture led by Marc-André Niang and Yoann Chapalain New venture to spotlight talent from Francophone Africa News Qobuz launches ‘first of its kind’ high-fidelity streaming and download service in Japan Japan's music market lags behind others when it comes to adoption of streaming services, and Qobuz sees an opportunity in that. News Global songwriter royalty collections rose 7.6% to $12.7bn in 2023, CISAC reports In its latest report, CISAC sees a slowdown in digital revenue growth ahead, and calls for regulation of AI. Interviews Believe’s Global Head of Music, Romain Vivien, talks artists, AI, streaming fraud, and the future of independence MBW’s World Leaders series meets Romain Vivien, Global Head of Music at Paris-headquartered music company Believe1 2 … 73 Next
Analysis News From Ed Sheeran’s speech to UMG vs. TuneCore… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Believe and TuneCore say they ‘strongly refute’ copyright infringement claims in UMG’s $500m lawsuit and ‘will fight them’ The lawsuit, filed on Monday (November 4) alleges that Believe has built its business through industrial-scale copyright infringement'
Analysis News Deezer reports 11% revenue growth for calendar Q3 The company attributes its revenue growth to new partnerships and subscription price hikes
News ASCAP and Sacem form strategic alliance that will include a new AI task force The new partnership builds on earlier collaborations between the two collective management organizations
News Warner Music to spotlight French-language artists via new Africa Francophone venture led by Marc-André Niang and Yoann Chapalain New venture to spotlight talent from Francophone Africa
News Qobuz launches ‘first of its kind’ high-fidelity streaming and download service in Japan Japan's music market lags behind others when it comes to adoption of streaming services, and Qobuz sees an opportunity in that.
News Global songwriter royalty collections rose 7.6% to $12.7bn in 2023, CISAC reports In its latest report, CISAC sees a slowdown in digital revenue growth ahead, and calls for regulation of AI.
Interviews Believe’s Global Head of Music, Romain Vivien, talks artists, AI, streaming fraud, and the future of independence MBW’s World Leaders series meets Romain Vivien, Global Head of Music at Paris-headquartered music company Believe