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Warner Music Group Launches Podcast Network With Shows Led by Lupita...
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Called Interval Presents, the network is led by Allan Coye, WMG’s svp digital strategy and business development, and will focus...
Social Music Creation Platform Bandlab Closes Series B Funding Round at...
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Back in December we reported that Singapore-based social music platform BandLab had raised $53 million in a Series B round,...
Spotify Zooms to 422 Million Users in Q1, Growing Overall Listeners...
Variety reports: "Spotify topped guidance for total monthly listeners in the first quarter of 2022, despite the loss of 1.5 million paid subscribers in...
After TikTok and Soundcloud, Tencent Music Is A Distributor Now Too
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Now, Tencent Music Entertainment, the owner of China’s largest music streaming services, has become one of the industry’s newest global...
Could The Music Catalog Rights Boom Generate Windfalls For Non-Superstars?
Music Business Worldwide reports: "A bevy of legacy acts, including Shakira, Neil Young, and Barry Manilow, all covered the same hot new investor song...
Spotify Just Entered The Metaverse, With Official Launch On Roblox
Music Business Worldwide reports: "In doing so, the company says that it becomes the first music-streaming brand to have a presence on Roblox, with...
Soundcloud Acquires Musiio, An AI Music Curator, To Improve Discovery
TechCrunch reports: "An online audio sharing platform and streamer, SoundCloud has acquired Musiio, an AI music curation company. With Musiio’s team and technology, SoundCloud...
‘If The Music Industry Wants To Continue Its Exponential Growth, Its...
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Verifi Media recently announced the launch of the Verifi Rights Data Alliance (“VRDA”), with partnerships in place with Warner Music...
UnitedMasters, Valued at $550M, Just Launched Its Own Beat Marketplace
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Online marketplaces that let musicians buy and sell beats and sound samples are becoming a big part of the music...
Record Labels And Publishers Ink Major Settlement, Moving From 9.1 Cents...
Music Business Worldwide reports: "The important background information to this story is that since 2006, the mechanical rate paid to publishers/songwriters for music purchased...
