From Spotify’s AI product plans to beatBread’s $100m global indie fund… 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 ...
Tag: Indie
What indie distribution bosses really think about UMG’s proposed acquisition of Downtown and FUGA
MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment events or news ...
Indie Music Leaders Launch UMG-Downtown Deal Opposition Campaign
Leaders across indie music are once again teaming up to speak out against Universal Music Group’s proposed acquisition of Downtown ...
Big RASNA Drops 'Window Pain'
Indie hip-hop has a new voice with something real to say — and his name is Big RASNA. The Baltimore-based ...
Netease Cloud Music sees 15.2% YoY growth in subscription streaming revenue in H1, amid focus on indie artists, in-house music
Netease Cloud Music, China’s second-largest operator of music streaming services, has reported double-digit growth in streaming and music subscription revenue ...
Female Rapper ICEY Steps into the Spotlight with "Pop It"
ICEY is making waves with her latest single, “Pop It,” and it is exactly what its title states: an energetic ...
Indie artists can now upload videos to Spotify through DistroKid’s video service
Indie music distribution platform DistroKid has announced that artists can now upload music videos to Spotify via its DistroVid service ...
Still Standing, Still Spitting: 'Devils & Demons 2' Is a Victory Lap in Hellfire
Teeezy & Gudda Mack channel the struggle into sound—and deliver a statementWhat do you get when two battle-tested emcees walk ...
New York’s a Wrap! Scribbled Notes from Indie Week, MIC, More
SESAC’s Indie Week shindig at JIMMY in Soho (Photo: SESAC)The music industry was in a New York state of mind ...
Reservoir strikes ‘multifaceted’ deal with indie label Fools Gold Records, including acquisition of several of its artists’ catalogs
Reservoir Media has struck what it calls “a multifaceted deal” with independent record label Fool’s Gold Records.The deal sees Reservoir ...
