9 Rock + Metal Bands Who Removed Their Music From Spotify In 2025
At least nine rock or metal bands removed their music from Spotify in 2025, with many of them moving off ...
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electronic music added to France’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list
France has officially given electronic music its cultural seal of approval, adding the genre to the country’s Intangible Cultural Heritage ...
Universal Music Group and Splice are partnering to build “commercial AI tools” for music creation
Universal Music Group (UMG) has partnered with music production platform Splice to jointly explore the “next generation of AI-powered music ...
Craig Kallman on signing ‘uncategorizable’ artists, reimagining Big Beat, and his new role as WMG’s Chief Music Officer
Craig Kallman‘s journey in the music industry has come full circle.The veteran A&R executive has just been promoted to Chief ...
Create Music Group acquires UK dance label Cr2
Los Angeles-based Create Music Group (CMG), which was valued at $1 billion last year following a $165 million investment round, has acquired again.The company revealed today ...
Indie music publishers saw revenues grow 5.1% to $2.9bn in 2024: IMPF
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of ...
Global value of music copyright reached $47.2 billion in 2024, says new Will Page report
The global value of music copyright (both recordings and compositions) reached a new all-time high of $47.2 billion in 2024.That’s ...
Billions Are Flowing Into Music IP — Can Financial Systems Handle It?
Deadmau5, whose catalog was snapped up by Create Music Group earlier this year for $55 million.Music IP acquisitions and dealflow ...
New Music Gear Monday: Wide Blue Sound Audio Plugin Uninstaller
Here’s a product that’s not very new and not very sexy, but it’s oh so useful. We all have way ...
Ollie Wards departs as TikTok’s Director of Music for Australia and New Zealand
Following the news that Charlotte Stahl is leaving her position as TikTok’s Head of Music Partnerships for Europe, the Middle ...
