Apple unveils live music venue in London, with two recording studios and a broadcast control room built in
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·20d ago
Tech giant Apple is opening a live music venue at London’s Battersea Power Station. Apple Music Hall, announced on Tuesday (September 22), holds 600 people.
Tuboleta owner BeatHub buys out Chile’s BeLive to take 100% of Bogotá’s Movistar Arena - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·20d ago
BeatHub Entertainment has acquired the 50% stake in the operator of Bogotá’s Movistar Arena that was held by Chile’s BeLive Entertainment Group.
American Music Tourism Act heads to Trump’s desk after House vote - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·20d ago
The US House of Representatives has passed the American Music Tourism Act. The bill now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature.
Erica Campbell’s label sues distributor SRG/ILS Group, claiming it never sent a single royalty statement - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·20d ago
Erica Campbell‘s record label is suing its former distributor, claiming it was never sent a single royalty statement across three albums and more than 113 million streams.
HYBE’s CEO and Musicow’s Chair named vice chairs of the Korea Venture Business Association - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·20d ago
HYBE CEO Jason Jaesang Lee has been appointed a vice chair of the Korea Venture Business Association (KOVA).
T.J. Martell Foundation raises more than $3.2M at gala honoring Red Light Management’s Coran Capshaw – with Dave Matthews, Chris Stapleton, and Trey Anastasio performing - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Rafaela Fornitani·20d ago
The T.J. Martell Foundation raised more than $3.2 million for cancer research at its 51st Annual New York Honors Gala.
Carianne Marshall to exit Warner Chappell Music - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham·20d ago
Warner Music Group has announced that Carianne Marshall is to exit her role as Co-Chair and Chief Operating Officer of Warner Chappell Music (WCM), the global music publishing arm of WMG, at the...
From Universal suing DistroKid (for the first time) to UMG and Sony suing Suno (again)… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Rafaela Fornitani·23d ago
It’s raining lawsuits! This week, Universal Music Group sued DistroKid, the world’s biggest music distributor by volume, accusing it of deceptive trade practices, copyright infringement, and...
Universal and Sony sue Suno for a second time, claiming platform’s v6 models are ‘the fruit of the same poisoned tree’ - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham·23d ago
Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment have sued Suno for a second time. The joint complaint, filed on Friday (September 18) in Boston federal court, accuses the AI music company of...
No one’s ‘Part of the Queue’: Oasis have scrapped the general onsale for Live ’27. Here’s 5 things to know. - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·24d ago
Oasis will play 38 stadium shows in 2027. There will be no general onsale for any of them. The only public route to a ticket was a registration window that opened at oasisinet.com on Monday...
Sound designers and SFX libraries launch Professional Sound Alliance to fight AI scraping: ‘Now sound will have protection of our own’ - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·24d ago
Sound designers, recordists, mixers, and sound effects library companies have launched the Professional Sound Alliance, a coalition formed to fight the unlicensed use of professional sound in media...
SoundExchange strikes reciprocal agreement with the UAE’s MusicNation, opening neighboring rights royalty flows in both markets - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·24d ago
SoundExchange has signed a reciprocal agreement with Music Nation Copyrights Management (MusicNation) covering neighboring rights in the United States and the United Arab Emirates.
Symphonic adds MassiveMusic audio delivery to its TransferTrack migration tech, removing what it calls one of the last manual steps for labels switching distributors - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·24d ago
Symphonic has expanded its TransferTrack catalog migration technology with audio delivery from MassiveMusic, the B2B music and technology company owned by Songtradr.
Atlantic Records to release Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, featuring Travis Scott, PinkPantheress, Morgan Wallen, and Keith Richards
Music Business Worldwideby Music Business Worldwide·24d ago
Atlantic Records and Rockstar Games have announced Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, the official soundtrack to the next installment of the Grand Theft Auto series.
AI artists will somehow play ‘live’ at this awards ceremony.
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham·24d ago
Warning: there’s going to be a fair amount of inverted commas in this story. It’s the only way to get through it.
Gregg Alexander: ‘You want your songs playing everywhere in 50 years – not just 50 weeks.’
Music Business Worldwideby Dave Roberts·24d ago
MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series celebrates the composers behind the globe’s biggest hits.
Apollo invests $1.25B in BMG subsidiary behind legacy Concord bonds, taking a minority stake - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham·24d ago
Apollo Global Management has provided a USD $1.25 billion equity investment tied to BMG, in a deal that allows the music company to repay debt secured against Concord‘s catalog.
Stem co-founder Tim Luckow raises $5M for royalty platform Notes.fm; Zach Bryan, Benny Blanco and Ari Emanuel among the backers - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·24d ago
Notes.fm, the music royalty collection platform co-founded by Tim Luckow, has raised USD $5 million.
Spotify to give 10,000 indie artists a year free US studio time, software, and six months of therapy - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·25d ago
Spotify has launched Fresh Finds Forward, a program that will take on approximately 10,000 emerging independent artists a year and give each of them 12 months of benefits.
MAIN Event Ticketing Act clears House committee 36-0 – as Live Nation fights an FTC lawsuit under the law it would strengthen - Music Business Worldwide
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug·25d ago
A bill to toughen America’s anti-ticket-bot law has cleared its committee stage in the US House of Representatives.
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