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Merlin launches ‘Merlin Connect’ to provide tech platforms with licensed indie music
Merlin, a digital music licensing and membership organization for independent labels, has launched an initiative aimed at providing emerging technology...
Music streaming services come out swinging against Canada’s new ‘discriminatory tax’ that requires them to hand over 5% of their Canadian revenues
An industry group that represents Amazon Music, Apple Music and Spotify has criticized a new regulation in Canada that requires...
Bill Ackman, a major Universal Music shareholder, just got richer – and much more ambitious. What might this mean for UMG?
MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points...
Spotify’s bundle battle with songwriters dampens Reservoir’s earnings forecast for FY 2024
MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment events...
Downtown Artist & Label Services partners with SymphonyOS to offer AI-powered marketing tools at a discount
Music distribution and label services company Downtown Artist & Label Services has partnered with SymphonyOS to address the challenge of...
Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s catalog turned out to be worth more than a lot of people thought.
Two billion, two hundred and six million.The approximate number of music biz lunches since Hipgnosis Songs Fund floated in 2018...
Chris Taylor resigns as CEO of MNRK Music Group; Sean Stevenson to lead company
MNRK Music Group has announced that Chris Taylor, its President and CEO, has resigned from the company effective June 28,...
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‘It is unethical for generative AI companies to make money off the backs of artists and songwriters, without compensation or attribution.’
MBW Views is a series of exclusive op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following comes...
Spotify hit with class action lawsuit over discontinued ‘Car Thing’ device
Music streaming service Spotify has been hit with a class action lawsuit over its discontinued Car Thing device.The lawsuit, filed...
