Author archives: Music Business Worldwide

Epidemic Sound hits Meta with $142m lawsuit for ‘rampant infringement’ of its music on Facebook and Instagram

Swedish music company claims that Meta has “ignored” its “repeated notices of infringement and requests for access to the tools that would help stop the infringement”.
Source

On SoundCloud’s new deal with Warner Music (or why the debate over Fan-Powered Royalties is more complicated than ‘fairness’).

A bold and brave agreement between two forward-thinking companies. But can FPR ever go ‘mainstream’?
Source

Bertelsmann could invest as much as $1bn in 2022 to help BMG buy catalog rights (if it wins the race for Pink Floyd)

Hartwig Masuch says “this is a great time to be part of a privately-owned company which takes a long-term perspective”
Source

‘There’s no better feeling than seeing your friends do well.’

Golden Boy Entertainment founder Terry Appiasei is the manager behind UK rap star Tion Wayne, who scored his (and drill’s) first UK No.1 in 2021 with Body, and has kept succeeding ever since.
Source

Noah Goldstein on good A&R, working with Kanye West, and why he ‘stopped feeling pressure a long time ago’

In a conversation that covers his love of Icelandic music, his time spent with Ye to the wonder of growing vegetables, Noah Goldstein sits down with MBW as the latest inductee to our World’s Greatest Producers series
Source