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A group of European authors, performers and other rightsholders have issued a joint statement slamming the third draft of the European Union’s GPAI (General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence)…

MBW’s World’s Greatest Managers series profiles the best artist managers in the global business. Mark Beaven is a pioneer in the world of songwriter and producer…

MBW Views is a series of exclusive op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following op/ed comes from Ran Geffen Levy, Founder…

Pophouse Entertainment, the Sweden-based music investment firm co-founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, has raised over EUR €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) for its debut fund.The Stockholm-based company…

BMG generated EUR €963 million (USD $1.04bn) in annual revenues in 2024, up 6.4% YoY or up 8.1% YoY on an organic basis.That’s according to a…

Universal Music Canada (UMC) has named Amanda Kingsland and Shawn Marino co-heads of A&R, giving the duo “a renewed mandate to sign, develop, and break the…

The music industry is sharpening its focus on segmenting subscription offerings to boost revenues from music streaming.As evidenced by comments from Universal Music Group‘s leadership team…

There are two ways to look at how much artists are earning on Spotify.On the one hand, more artists than ever are creating music, while the…

It’s been a good couple of weeks for famous songwriters fighting off lawsuits accusing them of copyright infringement. First Mariah Carey beat a long-running suit accusing…

HYBE’s superfan platform Weverse has launched a new in-app music streaming service called ‘Listening Party’.The new service lets artists and fans host “online parties” within the…