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HYBE, the home of BTS, restructures global business as part of new ‘HYBE 2.0’ strategy
HYBE has unveiled a significant reorganization of its global business.Last week, the South Korea headquartered entertainment giant announced that Jiwon...
Ex-Parlophone senior execs Nick Burgess and Jack Melhuish launch indie label Artist Theory in partnership with B-Unique
Widely respected British music executives Nick Burgess and Jack Melhuish have joined forces with independent music company B-Unique to launch...
Indies are nibbling into the majors’ streaming market share. After Believe saga, how might Warner Music Group respond?
MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment events or news...
HYBE leans further into superfan business, adding subscription-based memberships to its Weverse fan app
Earlier today (August 1), we reported that South Korean music giant HYBE is launching a new strategy for its global...
Spotify’s audiobook bundling move will swipe 1% of Reservoir’s FY 2025 annual revenue, estimates company
Spotify’s decision to classify its Premium subscription tiers as a bundle (i.e., music streaming plus audiobooks) has upset many in...
From HYBE’s restructure to Warner Music’s leadership shakeup… 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...
Music AI platforms can get a ‘Fairly Trained’ certification for meeting ethical standards. Those standards just got tougher.
Fairly Trained, a non-profit that certifies AI developers who ethically train their technology (for instance, by not using copyrighted materials...
Warner Music Group shake-up: Max Lousada to exit; Elliot Grainge named CEO of Atlantic Music Group, with Julie Greenwald as Chairman
Warner Music Group‘s recorded music operation is changing.The major music company has confirmed that its global CEO of Recorded Music,...
Believe generated $510 million in the first six months of 2024, up 12.3% YoY
Paris-headquartered music company Believe has published its financial results for the first half of 2024 (the six months ending June 30).Believe,...
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square USA withdraws IPO, citing investor uncertainty
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management has surprisingly pulled the plug on the initial public offering (IPO) of its new...
