The Bob Menendez Corruption Story—Which Already Involved Gold Bars and Wads of Hidden Cash—Somehow Gets Even Shadier
The federal corruption case against Senator Bob Menendez, his wife, and a trio of New Jersey businessmen has been...
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After scrapping artist merch fees at its US club venues, Live Nation ups minimum wage to $20/hour for 5,000+ employees
In September, live music giant Live Nation announced that its US clubs would stop taking a percentage of artists’...
Mike Johnson Spoke to George Santos About His “Options” Right Around the Time Santos Accused His Colleagues of Being Drunk Felons Who Have Sex With Lobbyists Every Night
Shortly after he was elected Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson suggested to Sean Hannity that he was willing...
iHeartMedia to receive $100m from sale of BMI
US radio giant iHeartMedia is lined up for a USD $100 million windfall from the sale of BMI to...
Sens. Chris Murphy, Bernie Sanders Come Out In Support of Conditions On U.S. Aid to Israel
Senator Chris Murphy came out Sunday in support of conditioning U.S. aid to Israel, calling the death toll in...
Believe-owned metal label Nuclear Blast forms e-commerce partnership with merch company Impericon
Nuclear Blast, a metal label owned by music company Believe, has partnered with metalcore merchandise and music provider Impericon...
Derek Chauvin, Convicted of Murdering George Floyd, Stabbed In Federal Prison: Reports
Derek Chauvin, the ex-police officer currently serving a 22-year prison sentence for the murder of George Floyd, was stabbed...
What Universal Music Group really thinks about generative AI and copyright law…
MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment...
Hamas and Israel Swap Hostages, Prisoners On First Day of Cease-Fire
In the first glimmer of hope since the Hamas attack against Israel on October 7, two dozen hostages who...
From BMI’s private equity sale to what UMG thinks about AI and copyright law… 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...