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VENU inks partnership with Primary Wave to develop ‘artist-inspired’ live music experiences
Venue operator and premium hospitality destination provider Venu Holding Corporation has inked a strategic partnership with Primary Wave Music to...
Too Lost partners with Xposure Music to co-fund catalog acquisitions, with plans to deploy ‘tens of millions of dollars’ in upcoming deals
Independent music distro platform Too Lost has struck up a new commercial partnership with music financing company Xposure Music.Under the...
YouTube ad revenues reached $10.3B in Q3 2025, up 15% YoY, as Shorts ‘now earn more revenue per watch hour’ than long-form content in the US
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of...
Kobalt and indie music company umn team up to acquire catalog of superstar songwriters Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer, in what they claim to be ‘Germany’s largest music rights acquisition yet’
A year ago, three ex-BMG senior execs – Dominique Casimir, Maximilian Kolb and Justus Haerder – launched a new Berlin-based entertainment...
Universal Music Group generated $3.53bn in Q3, up 10.2% YoY – driven by the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter
Universal Music Group generated revenues of €3.021 billion ($3.53bn) across all of its divisions (including recorded music, publishing, and more)...
From Universal’s landmark Udio deal to DistroKid’s new merch launch… 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...
TikTok joins roster of big name partners for the Music Business UK Awards
The Music Business UK Awards, presented by MBW and supported by YouTube, takes place next week, celebrating the biggest and...
The settlement between Universal and Udio is a win for musicians everywhere
MBW Views is a series of op-eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following op-ed comes...
UMG has struck a new YouTube deal that includes ‘guardrails’ around AI… and 3 other things Sir Lucian Grainge said on UMG’s Q3 earnings call
We’ve already reported on a couple of big deals from Universal Music Group in the past 24 hours.First came the...
Universal Music strikes strategic alliance with Stability AI to develop ‘next-generation’ AI music-making tools
Major AI music-related news just keeps rolling in.Universal Music Group has now entered into a strategic alliance with Stability AI to...
