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From Drake’s legal action to Spotify execs’ big cash-out… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our ...
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Bruno Mars just shattered Spotify’s monthly listeners record… and he hasn’t even got a new album out.
The most popular artist on Spotify right now, with over 135 million monthly listeners, hasn’t released a new solo album for ...
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NewJeans just held a press conference to announce they’ve left HYBE’s ADOR… but the K-Pop giant says their deal is still ‘in full effect’
Over in South Korea, the future of HYBE-owned label ADOR has been thrown into uncertainty after K-pop girl group NewJeans, ...
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TikTok rival Triller says Kevin McGurn won’t be joining the company as CEO after all
In an unusual move, TikTok rival Triller has backed out of plans to make Kevin McGurn its new CEO. “The Board of Directors of ...
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As Believe UK celebrates its 15th anniversary, key executives Ben Rimmer, Alex Kennedy and Malena Wolfer talk recent successes and what comes next.
In 2009, when Believe opened its first London office in Parsons Green, the UK music industry was a very different place. Yet ...
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Johnny Marr talks artist development and the record industry’s future as he partners with Epidemic Sound
Stockholm-based music licensing platform Epidemic Sound has partnered with legendary British guitarist, songwriter, and ...
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The Orchard inks global distribution deal with prominent Zagreb-based independent label, Croatia Records
The Orchard has entered into a global distribution agreement with Zagreb-headquartered Croatia Records, an independent record ...
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‘Writer-producer management is a different ball game, it’s a day-to-day hustle.’
Ant Hippsley established Milk & Honey’s London office in 2020 with Lucas Keller. Since then he’s grown the roster and his ...
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Spotify paid Warner Music Group $1.16bn in FY 2024. (That’s around the same amount the streamer’s execs have cashed out in stock this year.)
Financial filings reveal the full package of royalties that Spotify handed over to Warner Music Group in 12 months to end of ...
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Music industry backs new ‘TRAIN Act’ requiring transparency in materials used to train AI
The law would require AI companies to disclose whether or not they used copyrighted works at the request of rightsholders.
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Clemens Trautmann promoted to President of Deutsche Grammophon and New Business Strategy
Universal Music Group’s Global Classics & Jazz (GCJ) division has promoted Dr. Clemens Trautmann to President of Deutsche ...
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Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit’s $200m lawsuit over alleged unpaid royalties is ‘based on a fallacy’ says Universal Music, in motion to dismiss
Universal Music Group has asked the court to dismiss a $200 million lawsuit filed by Limp Bizkit and its frontman, Fred Durst ...