Music Business News: Europe Interviews BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld: ‘Our strategy is setting us up for growth.’ Boss of Bertelsmann's music company talks expansion, streaming prices, AI, and more News Music Glue opens Vancouver office headed by Tom Maguire, amid ‘increase in demand’ for D2C services The office will be headed up by Music Glue’s Chief Product Manager, Tom Maguire News CTS Eventim revenues soared 19.1% YoY to $3bn in 2024 “Rising demand, organic growth, ongoing synergies and a successful international acquisition policy are the pillars of our robust growth" News European Union’s latest draft AI Code of Practice renders copyright ‘meaningless,’ rightsholders warn The third draft no longer requires AI companies to publish a copyright policy, and only “encourages” them to do so News Spotify expands video creator monetization program to nine new markets The Spotify Partner Program is expanding to eligible creators in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Ireland, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland News Pophouse Entertainment, the firm behind ABBA Voyage, closes $1.3bn music rights buying fund Pophouse said it has already deployed about 30% of the fund 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 News Megan Ogleby-Page promoted to Head of Operations at UK’s Entertainment Retailers Association Ogleby-Page is described by ERA as 'the driving force behind Record Store Day for over a decade'1 2 … 754 Next
Interviews BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld: ‘Our strategy is setting us up for growth.’ Boss of Bertelsmann's music company talks expansion, streaming prices, AI, and more
News Music Glue opens Vancouver office headed by Tom Maguire, amid ‘increase in demand’ for D2C services The office will be headed up by Music Glue’s Chief Product Manager, Tom Maguire
News CTS Eventim revenues soared 19.1% YoY to $3bn in 2024 “Rising demand, organic growth, ongoing synergies and a successful international acquisition policy are the pillars of our robust growth"
News European Union’s latest draft AI Code of Practice renders copyright ‘meaningless,’ rightsholders warn The third draft no longer requires AI companies to publish a copyright policy, and only “encourages” them to do so
News Spotify expands video creator monetization program to nine new markets The Spotify Partner Program is expanding to eligible creators in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Ireland, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
News Pophouse Entertainment, the firm behind ABBA Voyage, closes $1.3bn music rights buying fund Pophouse said it has already deployed about 30% of the fund
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
News Megan Ogleby-Page promoted to Head of Operations at UK’s Entertainment Retailers Association Ogleby-Page is described by ERA as 'the driving force behind Record Store Day for over a decade'
