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From Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters record to BMG’s H1 results… 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...
Thomas Coesfeld on BMG’s H1 2025 results, why music streaming ‘remains undervalued’, and a strategy focused on the ‘core business’ of music rights
BMG reported its H1 2025 results earlier today (August 28), with numbers that told a familiar story for the modern...
Y2K on Doja Cat, Grammys, Elliott Smith, and why making music with TikTok virality in mind is ‘setting yourself up to fail’
MBW’s World’s Greatest Producers series sees us interview – and celebrate – some of the outstanding talents working in studios...
Italy’s paid streaming subscriptions jump 12.7% YoY in first half of 2025 as local acts dominate the charts
While some major recorded music markets, like the US and India, have seen a slowdown in revenue growth recently, the...
Anthropic settles authors’ lawsuit over pirated books… and it could be a gift for Universal Music Group’s lawyers
Anthropic has reached a settlement with US authors who accused the AI company of illegally using their copyrighted books to...
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ just became Netflix’s most-watched movie of all time
Netflix‘s animated film KPop Demon Hunters has officially become the streaming platform’s most popular movie ever, accumulating 236 million views...
Gorillaz named as Fortnite Festival Season 10 ‘Icons’
English virtual band Gorillaz have been named as the “icons” for Epic Games’ Fortnite Festival Season 10, coming after the...
Slide into Spotify’s DMs: Platform launches in-app messaging to boost content sharing
Spotify has started rolling out a direct message feature inside its app, which the platform says is meant to make...
Suno argues none of the millions of tracks made on its platform ‘contain anything like a sample’
AI music generator Suno is fighting back against copyright infringement claims from independent artists – with a bold legal argument...
Spotify business chief Alex Norström signals more price hikes, says 1B Premium subs ‘not impossible’
After announcing subscription price hikes in numerous markets outside the US earlier this month, Spotify now plans additional price hikes...
