Sir Lucian Grainge talks AI strategy, Downtown, D2C, superfans, and more on UMG’s latest earnings call
Universal Music Group published its Q4 and full-year 2025 financial results on Thursday (March 5), posting nearly 9% YoY growth ...
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HYBE’s US restructure, Weverse turns profitable and concerts boom: 3 things to know from the K-pop giant’s latest earnings call
MBW Explains is a series in which we dig behind the headlines, via data and context, to improve your understanding ...
Suno’s revenue opportunity, $1.65bn M&A spending power, and TikTok: 3 things worth knowing from WMG’s latest earnings call
MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment events ...
Shaq Built a Franchise Empire Bigger Than NBA Earnings
Shaquille O’Neal makes more money now from selling chicken sandwiches than he ever did dominating the paint. The former 7’1″ ...
3 things you might have missed from Universal’s Q3 earnings call
MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points ...
You can now sell merch through DistroKid’s new direct-to-fan platform – and keep 100% of your earnings
DistroKid has launched a new direct-to-fan platform that lets independent artists create an online store to sell their merch. The ...
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 ...
Learnings from Spotify’s Q2 2025 earnings call… including what the company (didn’t) say about that long-awaited ‘Music Pro’ tier
Spotify posted solid Q2 2025 results today (July 29), with the streaming giant adding 8 million net subscribers to finish ...
From Create buying Monstercat to WMG earnings… 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 ...
Robert Kyncl talks M&A strategy, A&R spend, AI regulation, and more on Warner Music’s latest earnings call
Warner Music Group published its calendar Q1 (fiscal Q2) results today (May 8), with CEO Robert Kyncl acknowledging industry-wide challenges ...
