PRO blames fall in international collections on “business closures and the lack of vaccinations” in certain non-US territories
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Category archives: Analysis
DSPs will lead music’s mainstream Web3 adoption, but fan-powered music communities will share the wealth
The following MBW op/ed comes from Bruno Guez, CEO of Digital rights administration company Revelator
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Tempo Music’s catalog is up for sale – and we expect it to go for more than $500 million
Tempo was founded by Providence in partnership with Warner Music Group in 2019
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Spotify is paying $310m to Barcelona for a sponsorship. According to our calculations, that’s more than it’s ever paid an artist in royalties.
Spotify announced its big deal yesterday. It’s worth 89.08 billion streams.
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France’s recorded music industry topped $1bn in 2021
Results were published today (March 15) by French trade body SNEP
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Sony spent an average of $91m on music catalog acquisitions every month over the past 10 months
Stat was recently revealed on an investor presentation by Sony Corp’s Hiroki Totoki
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Every 2 hours, the major music companies now jointly generate more than $5 million
MBW crunches last year’s fiscal numbers… and finds the majors piled on $4 billion in annual revenue
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Kobalt and Downtown cut ties with Russia; Believe continues to operate in market but is ‘monitoring the situation very closely’
Will CISAC suspend Russian PRO from its global membership?
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Why are hedge funds urging songwriters to sell their catalogs right now? Think about it.
Randall Wixen explains his skepticism over Big Finance’s keenness to buy music rights in 2022
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Spotify is no longer earning any money from Russia (or passing that money to music biz partners)
Spotify Chief Financial Officer Paul Vogel reveals news on the platform’s position in Russia
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