MBW turns a magnifying glass to Sweden and Brazil, and discovers some startling statistics about Daniel Ek’s successes
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At $4.9bn, Peloton’s market cap value has plunged to just 10% of what it was in January 2021
Stat Of The Week: Spotify isn’t the only music-related tech giant with a rapidly sinking share price
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‘What is currently an opaque black box of song royalties, needs to be transformed into a glass box.’
The following op/ed comes from Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive of the UK’s Music Managers Forum
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Snapchat owner sued by Swiss collection society for ‘refusing to pay authors and publishers for music on its platform’
SESAC applaud’s SUISA’s efforts to take Snap Inc to task over alleged copyright infringement
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Sony generated $1.99bn from recorded music and music publishing in calendar Q1, up 13.5% YoY
MBW calculates growth in Sony’s music publishing and recorded music revenues in calendar Q1
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Last week, Daniel Ek bought $50m in Spotify stock. Today, Spotify’s share price sunk to an all-time low.
Ek tweeted on Friday that he believed Spotify’s “best days are ahead”
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Pink Floyd considering sale of recorded music catalog for hundreds of millions of dollars, say Bloomberg sources
Warner bought control of Pink Floyd with Parlophone. But not, it seems, for the long term.
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The Fed just raised interest rates. So did the Bank Of England. This leading music asset valuer isn’t worrying.
Citrin Cooperman’s Nari Matsuura explains, in detail, why her firm’s Discount Rate for music assets isn’t changing
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The Fed just raised interest rates. So did the Bank Of England. This leading music asset valuer isn’t worrying.
Citrin Cooperman’s Nari Matsuura explains, in detail, why her firm’s Discount Rate for music assets isn’t changing
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‘This agreement guarantees a raise for CDs, vinyl and downloads, but we know that songwriters need much more to succeed – they need fairness.’
This op/ed comes from David Israelite, the President & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA)
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