Taylor Swift claims title of Spotify’s most-streamed artist for second straight year, with more than 26.6bn streams in 2024

MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that…

Live Nation announces up to $1.1bn in new convertible bonds

Live entertainment giant Live Nation, owner of Ticketmaster, is planning to issue $1 billion in convertible…

Sony Music acquires Cobalt Music, one of the most prominent homegrown independent labels in Greece

Sony Music Entertainment (SME) has acquired Cobalt Music, one of Greece’s most prominent independent music labels.…

Live Nation just majority-acquired a Hollywood influencer management company. Here’s why that matters.

Live Nation is a live music promotion and ticketing giant, but it also runs a powerhouse…

Katie Kerkhover to lead A&R Frontline Recordings across North America for BMG

BMG has promoted Katie Kerkhover to Senior Vice President, A&R, Frontline Recordings, North America. In her…

Reservoir acquires rights to catalog of Grammy-winning Lion King composer Lebohang Morake

Reservoir Media has acquired the rights to the catalog of South African composer, arranger, co-producer, and…

‘Every time you think maybe BMG has run out of runway, it hasn’t.’

Kylie Minogue is still only five feet tall but, in many ways, she’s never been bigger.…

BMG parent Bertelsmann partners with ElevenLabs, plans AI-generated music features

Bertelsmann, the parent company of music company BMG, has formed a new partnership with AI startup…

Are Spotify’s changes to third-party developer access meant to combat AI scraping?

Spotify has limited third-party developers’ access to its internal data, sparking speculation that the move is…

Sony Music sued by Patrick Moxey’s Ultra Music Publishing for alleged copyright infringement; publisher claims the major is committing ‘piracy’ of its IP

Sony Music Entertainment and a number of its subsidiaries, including Ultra Records and AWAL, are being…