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AWAL elevates Matt Riley to President, Victoria Needs and Sam Potts to co-Managing Directors
Artist services company AWAL has shuffled its UK leadership, promoting Matt Riley to President and elevating Victoria Needs and Sam...
Deezer reports flat revenue of $305M in H1 as total subscribers fall further to 9.2M
France-headquartered music streaming service Deezer has published its financial results for the six-month period ending June 30, 2025, reporting flat...
SESAC Music Group raises $889M via whole business securitization, three-times oversubscribed
US-based SESAC Music Group (SMG) has completed a USD $889 million whole business securitization (WBS), marking the company’s fourth trip...
Why Netflix’s ‘Hitmakers’ might teach your average viewer about songwriting – and even get them thinking about ‘fair pay’
If the executives at Milk & Honey are studying Netflix‘s charts even harder than Spotify‘s this month, you can understand...
From Live Nation’s $646 million Mexico deal to Universal Music Group’s $3.38bn Q2 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 our headlines...
Musixmatch says LyricFind trying to ‘distract from its business failures’ with antitrust lawsuit
Lyrics licensing company Musixmatch has fired back against rival LyricFind’s claims in an antitrust lawsuit involving the rights to license...
Why Netflix’s ‘Hitmakers’ might teach your average viewer about songwriting – and even get them thinking about ‘fair pay’
If the executives at Milk & Honey are studying Netflix‘s charts even harder than Spotify‘s this month, you can understand...
Landmark legal fight over US music rights termination rights hots up, as creator orgs weigh in with amicus brief
A coalition of music creator advocacy organizations has filed an amicus brief in a landmark US copyright case that could...
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ is Netflix’s biggest original animated movie ever
Netflix‘s music-led anime movie, KPop Demon Hunters, has become the most-watched original animated film in the platform’s history, according to...
South Korean tax authorities open probe into HYBE amid stock manipulation claims against Chairman Bang Si-hyuk
HYBE, the K-pop giant behind BTS, is facing a tax probe by South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) as authorities...
