Warner Sues Spotify in India as Licensing Negotiations Hit Major ‘Speed Bump’
Sources in Asia have confirmed to MBW that Warner Music Group has filed an injunction against Spotify in a court in Mumbai. Give yourself a moment to take that in:
Battle Over US Radio Royalties Gets Underway (Again)
The US radio and music industries are set for another skirmish over the lack of performance royalties paid by traditional radio stations in that country. This time round, the spark
SONGTRADR BUYS MUSIC LICENSING AGENCY BIG SYNC MUSIC IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DEAL
Santa Monica-based music licensing platform Songtradr has acquired creative music licensing agency Big Sync Music Ltd. The acquisition was a multi-million dollar cash and equity transaction and resulted in Big
Gender Gap in UK Chart Hits has Grown Over Past Decade
Ariana Grande may be setting the US charts alight, but there’s a less-positive story about how women are faring in the UK charts, published by BBC News. “Three times as many
Streams Power Ariana Grande to a 1-2-3 US Chart Success
We knew that Ariana Grande’s new album ‘thank u, next’ had broken records on Apple Music, but now we’ve got a sense of its wider streaming performance in the US.
SoundCloud Will Now Distribute Music to Other Streaming Services
Musicians have always been able to upload their tracks directly to SoundCloud without needing a distributor or label. Now the company is adding a new feature: distribution of those tracks
Music Bodies Hail ‘Balanced’ Article 13 Final Text
Even with a final text approved for the proposed new European copyright directive, nobody on either side of the lobbying debate around it is taking it for granted that the