Annabella Coldrick, CEO of the MMF, has her say on the Competition and Markets Authority’s work
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
Once again, Spotify avoids Netflix’s woes: Music streamer added 6m net subscribers in Q2
SPOT is now projecting that its total global user base will hit 450 million people by the close of September
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Managers of Bad Bunny, The Killers join $3 million fundraising for ‘the LegalZoom for the music business’
The startup aims to make legal documents accessible for millions of artists
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Blockchain music streaming platform Audius loses $6 million in crypto hacking
A hacker traded digital AUDIO tokens for less than $1.1 million worth of Ethereum
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Big result for major record companies, as UK competition watchdog dismisses need for music market investigation
BPI celebrates, Hipgnosis expresses disappointment, at long-awaited conclusions
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Facebook will now directly share a proportion of ad revenue with music rightsholders for UGC videos. Your move, TikTok…
A big move from Mark Zuckerberg’s company, as it lays down gauntlet to TikTok
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Jaxsta founder Jacqui Louez Schoorl steps down as company’s Director
Schoorl started out at Jaxsta – which is headquartered in Australia and publicly traded – in 2013
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Kobalt is pulling its 700,000 songs off Facebook and Instagram. Is the music biz headed for a historic bust-up with Meta?
News comes just days after Epidemic Sound launched a $142m lawsuit against Meta for alleged infringement
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Metaverse experiences startup MELON raises $5m from backers including Crush Music’s investment arm
“MELON is on the cutting edge of bringing experiences directly to where Gen Z lives – their phones…”
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From Epidemic Sound suing Meta/Facebook to new music ‘shrinking’… It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
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