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Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s 2025 memo to Universal Music Group staff: ‘Streaming 2.0 will represent a new age of innovation, consumer segmentation, geographic expansion, greater consumer value and ARPU growth.’
Universal Music Group Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge has issued his annual New Year note to UMG staff.The wide-ranging...
TikTok rival Triller secures $50m in equity funding
With TikTok facing a possible shutdown in the US – if parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell the app – rival...
The MLC makes four Advisory Committee appointments
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) has made four appointments to its advisory committees, including one appointment to the Dispute...
Exceleration Music acquires jazz specialist Mack Avenue Music Group
Independent music company Exceleration Music has acquired Mack Avenue Music Group, which owns a collection of jazz labels.The acquisition includes...
Gallery: Glassnote welcomes in 2025 at HMV Oxford Street
The UK music industry was gently awoken from its Holiday slumber earlier this month – thanks to coffee, conversation, and...
On… Lola Young, M-UK-GA!, and communing.
MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment events...
‘We aim to solidify Saudi Arabia as a global destination for music and entertainment within the next five years.’
The global music industry’s attention was on the MENA region again last month, as XP Music Futures returned to Saudi...
Warner Bros. Discovery strikes JV with Cutting Edge to co-own vast catalog of film and TV music, in deal worth $1bn+
Big news from the world of Hollywood film and TV music rights:Entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery has struck a deal with UK-based...
Key Songs in the Life of… Joe Hadley
MBW’s Key Songs In The Life Of… is a series in which we ask influential music industry figures about the...
From Spotify’s $10bn music industry payout to Concord’s Johnny McDaid catalog acquisition… 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 headlines...
