- Spotify market cap value tops $124B - as stock price hits record high after posting 1st full year of profit https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-market-cap-value-tops-124bn-as-stock-price-hits-record-high-after-posting-first-full-year-of-profit1/ 5 comments europe
- Spotify market cap value tops $124B - as stock price hits record high after posting 1st full year of profit https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-market-cap-value-tops-124bn-as-stock-price-hits-record-high-after-posting-first-full-year-of-profit1/ 47 comments economics
- The train has left the station: AI music platform Udio is already spitting out 10 songs a SECOND | Is the music industry really ready for the flood of music made by/with AI that will play out over the course of 2024? https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-train-has-left-the-station-ai-music-platform-udio-is-already-spitting/ 117 comments technology
- Apple Music to pay artists up to 10% higher royalties for music available in Spatial Audio https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/apple-music-to-pay-artists-up-to-10-higher-royalties-for-music-available-in-spatial-audio/ 194 comments apple
- Over a 1000 songs with human-mimicking AI vocals have been released by Tencent Music in China. One of them has 100M streams. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/over-1000-songs-human-mimicking-ai-vocals-have-been-released-by-tencent-music-in-china-one-of-them-has-over-100m-streams/ 5 comments china
- The rights to The Final Countdown have been sold, surely we don't see it tomorrow right https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/primary-wave-acquires-portion-of-the-final-countdown-singer-songwriter-joey-tempests-publishing-catalog/ 108 comments squaredcircle
- Universal Music Group responds to ‘fake Drake’ AI track: Streaming platforms have ‘a fundamental responsibility to prevent the use of their services in ways that harm artists’ https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-responds-to-fake-drake-ai-track-streaming-platforms-have-a-fundamental-responsibility/ 2 comments law
- Over 1,000 songs with human-mimicking AI vocals have been released by Tencent Music in China. One of them has 100m streams. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/over-1000-songs-human-mimicking-ai-vocals-have-been-released-by-tencent-music-in-china-one-of-them-has-over-100m-streams/ 21 comments futurology
- The Weeknd partners with Binance for ‘first crypto powered world tour’ https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-weeknd-partners-with-binance-for-first-crypto-powered-world-tour/ 33 comments cryptocurrency
- Diplo is the latest artist to let fans buy shares in his streaming royalties on $55m-backed NFT platform Royal https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/diplo-is-the-latest-artist-to-let-fans-buy-shares-in-his-streaming-royalties-on-55m-backed-nft-platform-royal123/ 12 comments cryptocurrency
- Snoop Dogg sells over $44m worth of ‘Stash Box’ NFTs in just five days https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/snoop-dogg-sells-over-44m-worth-of-stash-box-nfts-in-just-five-days123/ 37 comments cryptocurrency
- Calvin Harris manager Mark Gillespie joins Opulous as Senior Advisor https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/three-six-zero-founder-mark-gillespie-named-senior-advisor-to-music-nft-platform-opulous2/ 7 comments cryptocurrency
- Opulous (Algorand, Ethereum) signs NFT partnership with tech giant Line, said to have more than half a billion users https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/another-big-crypto-deal-in-music-as-opulous-inks-nft-partnership-with-japanese-giant-line/ 9 comments cryptocurrency
- [deleted by user] https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/unitedmasters-partners-with-coinbase-to-let-artists-get-paid-in-cryptocurrency/ 7 comments cryptocurrency
- Spotify just invented AI technology that will police songwriter plagiarism https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-just-invented-ai-technology-that-will-police-songwriter-plagiarism/ 5 comments technology
- Spotify has a patent for personality tracking technology – and it’s pretty creepy stuff https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-has-a-patent-for-personality-tracking-technology-and-its-pretty-creepy/ 6 comments technews
- Zara Larsson music pulled from Apple Music in China following criticism of state (report) https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/zara-larsson-music-pulled-from-apple-music-in-china-following-criticism-of-state-report/ 130 comments apple
- 88% of videos on YouTube generate less than 1,000 views. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/88-4-of-videos-on-youtube-generate-fewer-than-1000-views/ 14 comments technology
- Article 13 disaster for music biz, joy for YouTube, as labels call for EU copyright bill to be cancelled - Music Business Worldwide https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/article-13-disaster-for-music-biz-joy-for-youtube-as-labels-call-for-eu-copyright-bill-to-be-cancelled/ 6 comments worldnews
- Article 13 disaster for music biz, joy for YouTube, as labels call for EU copyright bill to be cancelled - Music Business Worldwide https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/article-13-disaster-for-music-biz-joy-for-youtube-as-labels-call-for-eu-copyright-bill-to-be-cancelled/ 58 comments europe
- Spotify hasn't been licensed by Universal, Sony or Warner for India (yet) https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-hasnt-been-licensed-by-universal-sony-or-warner-for-india-yet/ 18 comments india
- Apple Music poaches the BBC's leading hip-hop radio DJ, Charlie Sloth https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/apple-music-poaches-the-bbcs-leading-hip-hop-dj-charlie-sloth/ 13 comments apple
- The major labels could block Spotify's expansion into India due to direct licensing fallout https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-major-labels-could-block-spotifys-expansion-into-india-this-year/ 29 comments india
- Tidal Accused of Deliberately Faking Kanye West and Beyoncé Streaming Numbers https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/did-tidal-falsify-streams-to-bulk-up-kanye-west-and-beyonce-numbers/ 52 comments technology
- TIDAL caught manipulating Beyoncé’s and Kanye West’s listener numbers by several hundred million false plays, which has generated massive royalty payouts at the expense of other artists https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/did-tidal-falsify-streams-to-bulk-up-kanye-west-and-beyonce-numbers/ 3 comments worldnews
- Apple axes annual Apple Music Festival in London after 10 years - Music Business Worldwide https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/apple-axes-annual-apple-music-festival-london-10-years/ 72 comments apple
- SoundCloud slashes 40% of staff as financial reality hits hard https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/soundcloud-slashes-40-staff-financial-reality-hits-hard/ 31 comments business
- Spotify surpasses 140m active users - up by 100m in just three years https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-surpasses-140m-active-users-100m-just-three-years/ 4 comments technology
- here you go spotifags https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-revenues-topped-3bn-in-2016-with-losses-above-330m-report/ 13 comments wallstreetbets
- Jimmy Iovine: 'Musicians taught me everything. Without them, I'm working on the docks.' https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/im-nothing-without-musicians-id-be-working-on-the-docks-without-musicians/ 7 comments apple
- YouTube strikes deal with GEMA to host music videos in Germany - Music Business Worldwide http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtube-strikes-deal-gema-host-music-videos-germany/ 3 comments worldnews
- YouTube strikes deal with GEMA to host music videos in Germany http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtube-strikes-deal-gema-host-music-videos-germany/ 46 comments germany
- YouTube strikes deal with GEMA to host music videos in Germany http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtube-strikes-deal-gema-host-music-videos-germany/ 8 comments technology
- Universal just lost Frank Ocean. Apple did not. http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-just-lost-frank-ocean-apple-did-not/ 64 comments apple
- Thom Yorke just compared YouTube to Nazi Germany http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/thom-yorke-just-compared-youtube-nazi-germany/ 8 comments nottheonion
- Global recorded music industry income falls below $15 Billion for the first time in history http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/global-record-industry-income-drops-below-15bn-for-first-time-in-history/ 43 comments business
- Pandora: Our $0.001 per Stream Payout Is 'Very Fair' on Artists http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/pandora-our-0-001-per-stream-payout-is-very-fair/ 22 comments business
- Pandora pays artists $0.001 per stream. It thinks this is 'very fair' http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/pandora-our-0-001-per-stream-payout-is-very-fair/ 70 comments technology
- Pandora has lost $100m in the last three years http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/pandora-now-lost-100m-three-years/ 64 comments technology
- "Music piracy has been ‘virtually eliminated’ in Norway" http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/piracy-virtually-eliminated-norway/ 26 comments worldnews