Analysis News HYBE wants to change fan culture in US, Latin music, and 4 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call Fun fact: Less than a third of HYBE's recorded music revenue comes from streaming
News HYBE’s Weverse to launch new superfan subscription tiers… and keep up to 60% of the money Weverse will reportedly take up to 60% of the revenue generated on its new paid membership service
Analysis News Universal’s direct-to-fan business has been growing at a whopping 33% rate, and 3 other things we learned at UMG’s Capital Markets Day UMG has revealed it's working with Spotify on the streaming platform's new 'Super-Premium' subscription tier
News Superfan app EVEN launches with 10,000 artists onboarded; in-app sales to count towards Billboard charts The new platform launches into an increasingly crowded field of startups looking to capitalize on music superfans
News Universal Music invests in ‘superfan’ platform Weverse, as it strikes new 10-year agreement with HYBE HYBE has struck an expanded long-term agreement with Universal Music Group
Analysis News Record companies are better placed than streaming platforms to monetize superfans… and 3 other things Robert Kyncl said in his new Q&A Warner Music Group’s CEO has some “radical” ideas on how to change how streaming services pay music rights holders
Analysis News Warner Music Group is building a superfan app WMG CEO Robert Kyncl revealed the news at the Web Summit tech conference in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday, February 27
Analysis Could HYBE’s Weverse offer a template for Universal Music Group’s courting of ‘superfans’ in 2024? UMG has been experimenting with HYBE and Weverse since back in 2020. What's it learned?
Analysis With ‘superfans’ in their eyes, could the major record companies now rally behind Spotify in its ‘app tax’ battle with Apple? Why a careful balancing act is required by the majors as their own priorities become entangled in Spotify and Apple's fight
News TRAX, a web3 music startup for ‘superfans’, raises $2.9M in decentralized funding round Another day, another web3 music company raises millions of dollars in funding to capitalize on superfans.
News Web3 and ‘superfan’ platform Tune.FM raises $20m from LDA Capital Tune.fm promises artists larger streaming income through blockchain micropayments and an NFT marketplace
Interviews ‘These archives, they contain gold’: Aviator’s Alex Seidl and Lindsay Jones on the business of rare music content The co-founders of Aviator join the MBW Podcast
News Superfan platform Fave launches AI-supported tool for artists to identify and reach their biggest fans Company says that the tool uses advanced analytics to provide artists with granular data on Fave users
Analysis Blog Superfans and supine fans: the music industry is getting its priorities the wrong way around The following op-ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
News Superfan platform Fave raises $2m in strategic funding from Warner Music, Sony Music and more Company says that it expects the ongoing funding round to reach $6 million