Beggars Group’s revenue up 13.9% YoY in 2022, but inflation, stagnant streaming prices take bite out of profit
Inflation, combined with a lack of price hikes at many streaming services, took a significant bite out of Beggars...
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Will Page on streaming pricing, music’s revenue ‘pie’ – and why the global record industry is more local than ever
You can listen to the latest MBW podcast above, or on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart etc....
YouTube ad revenue dropped 2.5% YoY in Q1, but paid subscription sales increased 9%
The global digital advertising slowdown that took hold in 2022 continued to be a drag on YouTube’s ad revenue...
Now Triller says it’s exploring revenue share deals with major labels (while being sued by Sony)
Video-sharing social networking service Triller, the US-based challenger to TikTok, says that it is exploring revenue share deals with...
10 years ago, Warner Music’s Top 5 superstars generated 15% of its revenue. Today, that number is down to just 5%.
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a single data point that deserves the...
BMG buys Harry Nilsson song rights, including publishing catalog, as well as artist and writer revenue streams
BMG has struck a deal to acquire Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson’s song rights. Included in the deal are Nilsson’s...
Labels asking TikTok for share of ad revenue in new deal talks (report)
Last month, MBW noted that the music industry could be headed for a tussle with TikTok over royalties. We...
Elon Musk says Twitter will ‘share revenue with content creators’. Will that include music?
Significant change is afoot at social media giant Twitter. Within a week of closing his $44 billion acquisition of...
From UMG’s 13.3% YoY revenue growth in Q3 to Spotify’s 7m new subscribers… 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...
Facebook will now directly share a proportion of ad revenue with music rightsholders for UGC videos. Your move, TikTok…
If you’ve been paying attention to MBW this month, you’ll know that there’s an increasingly loud industry debate going...