Music Business News: Germany News Create Music Group acquires !K7 Music, founded by the late Horst Weidenmüller The deal had been in the works before Horst Weidenmüller’s passing in February 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… 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 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" 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 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.1 2 … 74 Next
News Create Music Group acquires !K7 Music, founded by the late Horst Weidenmüller The deal had been in the works before Horst Weidenmüller’s passing in February
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…
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 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"
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 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.
