Analysis The EU’s AI act is a vital piece of legislation for the music industry – but what does it actually say?Rightsholders won a few battles, and lost some, in the EU's world-leading draft AI law
Analysis News Andreessen Horowitz’s thoughts on AI shows what the music industry will be up against in 2024The company's views place it squarely on the opposite side of the issue from much of the music industry
Analysis Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s board is concerned over Citrin Cooperman’s latest valuation of the company. What’s it going to do about it?Hipgnosis Songs Fund delayed its results today. Why did it do it - and what does it really mean?
Analysis News The number of Latin music listeners on Spotify worldwide soared 986% from 2014 to 2023Spotify reports steady double-digit growth in demand for Latin music over the past decade
Analysis Blog The hardest-working words in the music business in 2023Eamonn Forde on the words that the music biz has been addicted to in the past 12 months – and what they really mean
Analysis News From SoundCloud’s profitability to Universal’s $50bn+ public valuation… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpFive of the biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
Analysis Here’s exactly how Spotify’s new 1,000 annual streams royalty policy works…Spotify is introducing a significant update to the way it calculates recorded royalties next year
Analysis News From Spotify’s 1,500+ layoffs and CFO exit to Enrique Iglesias’ nine-figure deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest stories from the past week – all in one place
Analysis Robert Kyncl: The EU shouldn’t miss the opportunity to include meaningful transparency and record-keeping obligations in the AI ActThe Warner Music Group boss gives a strong message on responsible AI ahead of crucial lawmaking decision
Analysis Spotify has laid off 2,300 employees this year. That’s a shock – but also kind of inevitable.On: Promises made at Investor Days, Christmas Walks, and Daniel Ek's long-term aim for his shareholders
Analysis News From Sony Music’s deepfake takedowns to iHeartMedia’s $100m BMI sale proceeds… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days.
Analysis News NMPA: Generative AI is ‘the greatest risk to the human creative class that has ever existed’Everything we learned from the National Music Publishers Association's US Copyright Office submission
Analysis Interviews Sony Music has issued nearly 10,000 deepfake takedowns… and other things we learned from Dennis Kooker’s speech about AISony Music's President of Global Digital Business delivered a speech at Chuck Schumer's AI Insight Forum
Analysis News Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist on Spotify in 2023, with over 26.1bn global streamsSpotify has published its year-end charts alongside the launch of its 2023 Wrapped campaign
Analysis 3 observations on… the sale of BMI (and Google’s entrance into music rights management)On BMI's fraternizing with CapitalG (aka Alphabet's fund), plus a windfall for radio broadcasters, and $100 million of money going to songwriters and publishers