From the majors’ reported AI music licensing talks to Goldman Sachs’ new report… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
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Tag: Talks
Record labels reportedly in licensing talks with AI music firms Suno and Udio
Major music labels are reportedly in talks with generative AI music platforms Suno and Udio — the very companies they ...
Lupe Fiasco Talks ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater’ & Not Being An OG, Yet
Source: Randy Shropshire / Getty Don’t call Lupe Fiasco an OG. At a youthful 43 years old, the “Kick Push” ...
JiLLi talks vocal clarity, emotional delivery, and how RX ties it all together
Start using RX to edit your vocals Huge thanks to JiLLi for breaking down her vocal process and showing how ...
Kid Cudi Testifies In Diddy Trial, Talks Diddy Breaking Into His Home & Setting His Car On Fire
The ongoing People versus Sean Combs (P. Diddy) trial has had Hip-Hop audiences around the globe hooked to finding out ...
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 ...
Spotify Q1 2025 earnings call: Daniel Ek talks growth, pricing, superfan products and a future where SPOT could have 1bn subscribers
Spotify delivered another quarter of operating profit and subscriber expansion in Q1, even as broader economic turbulence continues to create ...
Oscar Höglund talks Epidemic Sound’s revenue growth and vast reach: ‘We get roughly 3bn daily views. That’s 20 Super Bowls per day, 365 days per year.’
MBW’s World Leaders is a regular series in which we spotlight some of the most influential industry figures overseeing key ...
Dugi Lipa talks Dua, Kosovo, and the ‘magic’ of a life in music
MBW’s World’s Greatest Managers series profiles the best artist managers in the global business. Dugi Lipa is the manager (and ...
Wiz Khalifa Talks Freestyles, Stoner Olympics, & Kush + Orange Juice 2
Wiz Khalifa delivered. 15 years after he dropped his classic Blog Era mixtape Kush & Orange Juice, the multi-platinum rapper ...
