African music streaming service Boomplay and independent label agency Merlin have agreed to an...
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Two Men Steal More Than $20 Million In YouTube Scam
For all the musicians and songwriters out there who are frustrated with the royalty payouts from...
George Michael estate renews global deal with Warner Chappell...
Warner Chappell Music UK has renewed its global deal with the estate of singer-songwriter, George...
‘Telcos have recognized that music is a major passion point for...
Music is an effective marketing tool – and in 2021, no one knows that better than mobile network...
How TikTok Tried, and Failed, to Make NFTs With Pop Stars
The app planned to release NFTs with Grimes, Lil Nas X, and Bella Poarch. They never came out...
430 songs surpassed 1bn video views on TikTok in 2021 – 3 times...
Approximately 430 songs surpassed 1 billion video views as TikTok ‘sounds’ in 2021, which was...
‘The music industry revolves around the song.’
MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series celebrates the pop composers behind the globe’s biggest...
How Much Streaming Now Pays, New Uses For Spatial Audio, And...
John Krivit is an audio educator and founder of the extremely popular Facebook group “Hey Audio...
Meet the executive who was investing in music rights long before...
You can listen to the MBW Podcast above, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher...
Mastering Engineer Pete Doell, The Pros And Cons Of A Record...
My guest on the podcast this week is mastering engineer Pete Doell, who worked as a staff...
BMG buys Mötley Crüe recordings catalog for around $90 million
BMG is turning up the heat in the already fierce catalog acquisitions market. Off the back of...
AI-powered music platform Aimi raises $20m in Series B funding...
AI-Powered Music Platform Aimi has raised $20 million in a Series B round of funding. The fund...
Record labels really, really don’t like a new Bill that could –...
Record companies, both majors and indies, are up in arms over suggestions from a British politician...
Sony Music buys $100m of shares in NetEase’s music service;...
There’s another blockbuster music IPO on the horizon… with participation from one majorly...
Synchtank raises $5.8m in Series A funding round led by Octopus...
UK-based Synchtank, a B2B SaaS company that provides asset and rights management and royalty...
Facebook’s Rebranding to MetaVerse
Facebook’s rebranding to Meta can be interpreted in many ways. It can be seen as: following Google...
Primary Wave strikes $30m deal to buy catalog of TOTO drummer...
Primary Wave Music has struck a deal to acquire the music publishing catalog of Jeff Porcaro...
Spotify launches real-time lyrics for all Free and Premium users...
Spotify is rolling out interactive lyrics for all of its Free and Premium users worldwide. The...
Tom Morello Signs Open Letter Denouncing Amazon’s Palm-Scanning...
Over 200 recording artists, including Tom Morello, Mannequin Pussy, Speedy Ortiz, Bikini Kill’s...
Universal Music Group targets ‘name and likeness’ acquisitions...
So-called ‘name and likeness’ rights have been simmering away as an interesting business within the...