Streaming Fraud Doesn’t Respect Silos. Neither Should We.
MBW Views is a series of op-eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following MBW op/ed comes ...
Tag: Streaming
Are Bots Taking Over Music?
The chatter around streaming bots grew noticeably louder in August 2025, when a prison phone call between Young Thug and ...
Recorded music revenues in Italy grew +10.7% YoY last year; paid streaming revenues in the market jumped 14.1% YoY
Italy’s recorded music market generated $579 million in trade revenues in 2025, up +10.7% YoY, largely driven by a double-digit jump ...
Sony Music has targeted 135,000+ deepfakes of its artists’ music for removal from streaming platforms
Sony Music has asked streaming platforms to take down more than 135,000 songs it says were created by fraudsters using ...
Streaming fraud man who pocketed $8m using hundreds of thousands of AI songs streamed billions of times by bots pleads guilty
The man at the center of what’s been described as the first-ever criminal prosecution for AI-assisted streaming fraud in the ...
Subscription music streaming revenues rose just 2% YoY in Sweden in 2025
Sweden’s recorded music market grew 3% YoY in 2025 to over SEK 2.3 billion ($234 million at the average exchange ...
US wholesale recorded music revenue reached $11.5B in 2025, as paid streaming subscriptions hit 106.5M — adding 6.5M accounts YoY
The United States’ recorded music industry generated USD $11.535 billion in wholesale revenue in 2025, up 3.1% YoY.That’s according to ...
Spain’s recorded music market grew 13.7% in 2025… with subscription streaming revenues up 19.2% YoY
Spain’s recorded music industry posted wholesale revenues of EUR €409.5 million (USD $462.3m) in 2025, up 13.7% YoY.That’s according to ...
DMN Pro Weekly: WMG Is Banging the Drum on Streaming Price Increases — But Are YouTube and Apple Listening?
In case you thought the streaming music price hikes were over, Warner Music Group chief Robert Kyncl is here to ...
Drill Rapper Jenn Carter On Why Dissing In Songs Is Wack, Talks Streaming Pressure & New Album
Jenn Carter is one of the most visible faces of the new Brooklyn wave, but her rise did not happen ...
