Music Business News: Netherlands News FUGA inks global distro, marketing deals with France’s Record Makers and Belgium’s Potion RecordsThe deals expand Downtown-owned FUGA's presence in the French and Belgian music industries. Analysis The Brutal Reality: Power is shifting to AI-generated music and algorithmic discovery. Music rightsholders must wake up to the opportunity.Stef Van Vugt, founder of Fruits Music, on Spotify's quiet moves and the rise of Suno News Armada’s BEAT Music Fund reveals slate of new acquisitions, including a music rights deal with Jax JonesThe fund is looking to invest $500 million in dance music over the next five years Analysis News Universal Music Group sees a future where 1 in 5 streamers pays for a ‘super-premium’ tier (and 3 other things we learned from UMG’s Q1 earnings call)MBW listened into UMG's Q1 earnings call. Here are a few things that stood out... Analysis News Universal Music Group generated $2.8 billion in Q1 – up 7.9% YoYUMG, which trades on the Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, has published its Q1 results (for the three months to end of March) News Downtown Music announces sudden passing of ‘beloved and highly respected’ CTO, Manan VohraExec is described by Downtown as an 'inspirational and visionary leader' News Armin van Buuren’s Armada forms new parent company, acquires Amsterdam’s Cloud 9 Music, and targets $500m in new investments via its BEAT Music FundThe newly-formed Armada Music Group will encompass Armada’s label, publishing and investments arms News Pieter van Rijn named CEO of Downtown Music Holdings’ global services unit Downtown Music, as division ‘completes integration strategy’ with merger of CD Baby operations'This is an extraordinary time for Downtown Music as we enter this next phase as a fully unified operating company,' said van Rijn1 2 … 25 Next
News FUGA inks global distro, marketing deals with France’s Record Makers and Belgium’s Potion RecordsThe deals expand Downtown-owned FUGA's presence in the French and Belgian music industries.
Analysis The Brutal Reality: Power is shifting to AI-generated music and algorithmic discovery. Music rightsholders must wake up to the opportunity.Stef Van Vugt, founder of Fruits Music, on Spotify's quiet moves and the rise of Suno
News Armada’s BEAT Music Fund reveals slate of new acquisitions, including a music rights deal with Jax JonesThe fund is looking to invest $500 million in dance music over the next five years
Analysis News Universal Music Group sees a future where 1 in 5 streamers pays for a ‘super-premium’ tier (and 3 other things we learned from UMG’s Q1 earnings call)MBW listened into UMG's Q1 earnings call. Here are a few things that stood out...
Analysis News Universal Music Group generated $2.8 billion in Q1 – up 7.9% YoYUMG, which trades on the Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, has published its Q1 results (for the three months to end of March)
News Downtown Music announces sudden passing of ‘beloved and highly respected’ CTO, Manan VohraExec is described by Downtown as an 'inspirational and visionary leader'
News Armin van Buuren’s Armada forms new parent company, acquires Amsterdam’s Cloud 9 Music, and targets $500m in new investments via its BEAT Music FundThe newly-formed Armada Music Group will encompass Armada’s label, publishing and investments arms
News Pieter van Rijn named CEO of Downtown Music Holdings’ global services unit Downtown Music, as division ‘completes integration strategy’ with merger of CD Baby operations'This is an extraordinary time for Downtown Music as we enter this next phase as a fully unified operating company,' said van Rijn