Analysis News Tony Blair’s institute just published an AI report calling for the UK to rip up copyright law. Here’s what it says… The report is titled Rebooting Copyright: How the UK Can Be a Global Leader in the Arts and AI
Analysis News Latin Music’s US revenues hit $1.42 billion in 2024, up 5.8% YoY Latin Music revenues accounted for 8.1% of total recorded music revenue in the US last year
Analysis 5 million songs and $288m spent on catalogs: 8 Things We Learned from Universal Music Group’s 2024 Annual Report From the balance of catalog and frontline to granular financial details, MBW wades through a treasure trove of data
Analysis AI and the new Value Gap: Four actions to prevent songwriters from being sidelined MBW Views is a series of exclusive op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following op/ed comes from Ran Geffen Levy
Analysis News BMG surpassed $1bn revenue in 2024 and spent $263m buying catalogs – as EBITDA surged to record $287m Revenue up 6.4% YoY, or 8.1% YoY on an organic basis, as catalog spending outstrips 2023
Analysis News From Dua Lipa’s copyright lawsuit win to Concord’s Stem acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News UMG’s AI training injunction request shot down by judge in Anthropic lawsuit – but music publishers can now gather more evidence from platform Licensing deals between OpenAI and news publishers suggest damages could be measured if Universal wins, says judge
Analysis KATSEYE, concerts, and BTS’s comeback: What we learned from HYBE’s latest earnings call Revelations and predictions from Korean firm's all-important Q4 chat with fiscal analysts
Analysis The best argument why Spotify (and other music streaming platforms) need to increase their prices in 2025. Why the oft-ignored metric of ARPCH gives the music industry a fresh perspective – and fresh insights – on streaming's pricing model
Analysis News AI-made works can’t be copyrightable, says US court… for now, at least. AI-assisted works are copyrightable, however, asserts appeals court
Analysis On… understanding the critical value of data ownership The following MBW Views op/ed comes from Music Glue founder, Mark Meharry
Analysis News From UMG’s motion to dismiss Drake’s lawsuit to Mariah Carey’s copyright win… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News 11 quick (and important) takeaways from IFPI’s Global Music Report 2025 The IFPI Global Music Report 2025 reveals a music industry continuing to grow – while facing new challenges and opportunities
Analysis News Global recorded music revenues hit $29.6bn in 2024, up 4.8% YoY; users of paid music subscriptions reach 752m Mexico has overtaken Australia to become the World's tenth-largest recorded music market.
Analysis OpenAI is pushing for Donald Trump to weaken copyright protections in the US. Paul McCartney is fighting back. Letter signed by 400 creative types, including a Beatle, issued after startling submission to US government by OpenAI and Google
