Analysis News From Deezer’s fight against AI music to Charles Goldstuck’s $500m raise… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Reservoir expands Indian presence with new subsidiary PopIndia Headed up by PopArabia founder Spek, the new subsidiary reflects Reservoir's focus on emerging markets
News Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt: AI that is ‘as smart as the smartest artist’ will be here in 3 to 5 years Schmidt predicts AI that is 'as smart as the smartest mathematician, physicist, artist, writer, thinker, politician...'
News Luminate strikes partnership with South Korea’s KreatorsNetwork, an artist services firm aiming to globalize K-pop labels KreatorsNetwork will have exclusive rights to sell and distribute Luminate data in South Korea
News Tariff-proof, recession-proof music industry will thrive despite global uncertainty, TD Cowen analysts say TD Cowen analysts see lots of runway for music revenue growth, and little risk from tariffs or a potential recession
News Brazil launches ‘largest-ever’ operation to disrupt streaming fraud At least 43 illegal services in Brazil have been disrupted, and 1,131 resellers of streaming fraud services outside Brazil have been impacted
News ‘All-out war’: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk call for an end to intellectual property laws The battle over the future of intellectual property in the age of AI is escalating quickly
Analysis News From Warner’s superfan app to Create buying !K7… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Uncategorized Joan Jett strikes music rights deal with Evan Bogart’s Seeker Ppartnership will see Seeker acquire a “substantial share” of Blackheart’s recorded and publishing rights
News TICKET Act mandating ‘all-in’ pricing for events heads to full vote in US Congress The proposed law has been resurrected after being left out of a Senate spending bill last year
News NO FAKES Act aimed at cracking down on deepfakes reintroduced in US Congress – this time with support of Google and OpenAI Google and OpenAI joined the music majors and the RIAA in backing a bill that enables individuals to protect their voice and likeness against AI fakes
News Epidemic Sound’s revenues jumped 29% to $181.6m in 2024, as EBITDA soared 150% YoY to $13.9m The company expanded its audio library with the acquisition of sound effects company Soundly
News For Google and OpenAI, the UK’s proposed loosening of copyright laws for AI isn’t enough – they want to be ‘free’ of copyright “We believe training on the open web must be free,” Google said in a submission to a parliamentary committee
News German collection society GEMA distributed $1.22bn to rightsholders in 2024, up 4.7% YoY Performance rights collections have seen a sharp spike amid tepid growth from online music
Analysis News From Pophouse’s $1.3bn music rights fund to Morrissey’s legal action… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
