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Sony Music Publishing wins Publisher of the Year at 2024 BMI Pop Awards
Sony Music Publishing and its songwriters and composers were recognized for their accomplishments across pop music at BMI’s 72nd Annual...
LVRN invests in Afro-Caribbean cultural platform Jerk X Jollof
Atlanta-based record label Love Renaissance (LVRN) announced Thursday (June 6) that it has made an investment in Jerk X Jollof,...
Twitch strikes music licensing deals with all three majors and Merlin for DJ livestreams
Amazon-owned livestream platform Twitch has struck what it calls a “first-of-its-kind deal” with multiple rightsholders to allow DJs to legally feature...
Sacem’s revenues rose 5% to $1.61bn in 2023; Board renews term of CEO Cécile Rap-Veber
Paris-headquartered royalty collection society Sacem has announced another year of record-breaking revenue collection for 2023.The organization attributed the growth to...
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...
