Shazam hits 300m monthly active users worldwide
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention...
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Jack Antonoff talks Taylor Swift, AI, his new management – and how to avoid deals with the devil
MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series celebrates the composers behind the globe’s biggest hits. The last installment of 2023 features...
Spotify has laid off 2,300 employees this year. That’s a shock – but also kind of inevitable.
MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment...
Key Songs in the Life of… Denzyl Feigelson
MBW’s Key Songs In The Life Of… is a series in which we ask influential music industry figures about...
Jenny Hermanson, Spotify’s MD for the Nordic region, to exit company after 14 years
Spotify‘s Sweden-based Managing Director for the Nordic region, Jenny Hermanson, is leaving the music streaming company. Hermanson started working...
From Sony Music’s deepfake takedowns to iHeartMedia’s $100m BMI sale proceeds… 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...
‘Spinnin’ Records has an independent approach, but with major opportunities on both a local and worldwide level.’
MBW’s World Leaders is a regular series in which we turn the spotlight toward some of the most influential...
Please, don’t call it distribution.
Why make the leap? It’s a question that springs up now and again in this business, whenever successful and/or...
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’...
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...