TikTok’s short-form video format was copied mercilessly – now TikTok’s copying new features. App...
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Peloton has lost nearly $40bn in market cap value in the past...
Peloton announced an official tie-up with Queen in December. It’s since announced similar...
Spotify is still king of global streaming subscription – but...
January 18, 2022By Murray Stassen Spotify has more paying subscribers than any other audio...
Meta’s real antitrust problems are only beginning
Why an FTC inquiry into the company’s VR ambitions matters more than the lawsuit ruling By Casey...
AmazeVR secures $15m funding for virtual concert tech that uses...
AmazeVR has closed a $15 million round of funding to support what it calls its “vision for VR...
Spotify Studios Podcast Division to Shut Down — With Multiple...
Spotify is reportedly shutting down Spotify Studios – also known as Studio 4 – and laying off some...
At least $5 billion was spent on music rights acquisitions in...
The music rights market was on fire in 2021. MBW estimates – based on confirmed prices and...
Major label revenue surged in 2021, but what does that mean?
2021 was an anomalous year for the recorded music market. Two of the majors did an IPO, the...
Progressive Meltdown: Grammys Postponed for Second Year Amid...
A new date for the show was not announced Citing the ongoing surge in Covid cases due to the...
‘Songs are the most important currency in the music business...
MBW’s Inspiring Women series profiles female executives who have risen through the ranks of the...
Catch ’22: A Complete* List Of Absolutely Everything The Music...
The following MBW column comes from Eamonn Forde (pictured inset), a long-time music industry...
What The Current Social Media Landscape Looks Like
We’ve seen quite a consolidation of social platform usage over the last few years but this...
Mini-Me Woodstock in Ireland: Hundreds of Ravers Threw an...
Skyrne Castle owner Derek Iceton called the rave an “extremely dangerous situation.” A...
US Judge recommends $80m+ in damages in case against stream...
A US Judge has recommended that operators of two stream-ripping sites pay over $80 million in...
What BandLab and Bruce Springsteen tell us about the music...
2021 was another year in which capital continued to flow into the music business at pace. Two deals...
Brian Eno on NFTs: “I Mainly See Hustlers Looking for Suckers”
Producer and songwriter Brian Eno gave us the genre of ambient music. He says NFTs are “hustlers...
Fear & Panic of the Great Unwashed Made Official: Midem has...
Official: Midem has been scrapped December 27, 2021By Murray Stassen It’s official: Midem is no...
Primary Wave has over $1 billion to spend on music rights… and...
One of the defining music industry stories of 2021 has been the influx of billions of dollars into...
SoundExchange royalties dispute with Music Choice to be referred...
On Monday (December 20), US performance rights organization SoundExchange secured a legal...
2022 MIDiA predictions: the year of the creator
With 2021 nearly behind us, and 2022 fast approaching, it is that of year for the MIDiA predictions...