Court rules in favor of US performance rights organization SoundExchange
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
Record industry clamps down on AI-based music extractors that infringe on copyrights
RIAA has lodged its 2022 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy
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Simon Cowell teams with TikTok, Universal Music Group to launch music-making online ‘talent show’
StemDrop will see artists making their own tracks using stems from a Max Martin-penned single
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Sony Music inks new partnership with Kuwait-based creative studio GHMZA to sign Khaleeji pop artists
Bader Al Shuaibi and Bashar al-Shatti will be the first two artists to work with Sony Music Middle East
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Pinterest strikes deals with Warner, Merlin and BMG to expand music experience on platform
Social media service Pinterest has struck new partnerships with Warner Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Merlin, and BMG. According to a press release announcing the string of partnerships, “through these new deals, users will now be able to ad…
As Microsoft’s $68.7bn Activision buyout awaits approval, games giant files patent for AI music tech
Back in January, Microsoft issued jaw-dropping news that it was buying Activision Blizzard in an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion. Activision – one of world’s most prominent interactive entertainment developers, publishers and distrib…
Why the music industry is headed for a tussle with TikTok over royalties
New financial data and comments from Sir Lucian Grainge suggest that tension is mounting over TikTok’s payouts to the music industry
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ONErpm launches ‘Amplifer’ marketing platform, which it says raised DIY artist streams by 129% in September
‘Amplifier’, provides “on-demand information and transparency” regarding clients’ marketing campaigns
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‘Management is often about saying what the artist doesn’t want to hear, when they need to hear it.’
Benjamin Evans tells the story of turning 5 Seconds of Summer from Aussie unknowns to global superstars…
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2 Chainz to host weekly Amazon Music Live concert series on Prime Video
The series is called Amazon Music Live and will go online Thursdays at 9pm PDT
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