Donald Trump, Notorious Bigot, Thinks His Legal Woes Are Endearing Him to Black Voters
In the 2016 and 2020 elections, Donald Trump won a comically small percentage of the Black vote, with just 6% filling in the bubble...
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Influence Media, in partnership with Warner Chappell Music, acquires publishing catalog of songwriter Jesse Frasure
Influence Media Partners and Warner Chappell Music Nashville (WCM Nashville) have announced a partnership with Grammy-nominated songwriter, producer, and...
Oops: Donald Trump Accidentally Blew Up His January 6 Legal Defense on National TV
On Sunday morning, Meet the Press aired an interview with Donald Trump during which, to the surprise of exactly no one, the...
Recorded music industry revenues hit $8.4bn in the US in H1 – but paid streaming account growth slowed again
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention...
Donald Trump Denounces DeSantis Abortion Ban As “A Terrible Mistake”
Donald Trump called Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s six-week abortion ban “a terrible thing and a terrible mistake,” underscoring the...
Motown songwriting legend Ron Miller’s family in legal fight over royalties
A dramatic family feud is playing out over the rights to the works of Motown songwriter and producer Ron...
Report: Russell Brand Accused Of Rape, Abuse
A years-long investigation by a trio of U.K. news organizations makes a multitude of serious claims against Russell Brand,...
Head of trade body representing UK songwriters switches to run US trade body representing Spotify, Amazon, and Pandora (who not so long ago were fighting to cut songwriters’ pay)
DiMA (Digital Media Association), the trade body in the US that represents music streaming services including Apple Music, Amazon,...
Ashton Kutcher Steps Down From Anti-Child-Sex-Abuse Organization After Masterson Letter
Ashton Kutcher has stepped down as chairman of Thorn, the anti-child-sex-abuse organization he cofounded. His resignation comes days after...
From Hipgnosis’ catalogs sale proposal to DistroKid’s Bandzoogle acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our...