It’s official: as MBW reported earlier, Spotify and Universal Music Group have inked a new multi-year licensing agreement.

MBW’s Key Songs In The Life Of… is a series in which we ask influential music industry figures about the tracks that have – ...

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CEO Alexis Lanternier said the company plans to ‘exclude’ fully AI-generated tracks ‘from algorithmic and editorial ...

The new report confims – perhaps surprisingly – that the pop music genre grew faster than Latin music in the US in 2024, ...

Drake alleges UMG knowingly damaged his reputation and endangered his life through Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us.’ ...

Music AI co-founders Geraldo Ramos, Eddie Hsu, and Jardson Almeida. Including the latest investments, Music AI says it has ...

MBW Views is a series of exclusive op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following op/ed ...

Last March, for example, Roland and UMG published the Principles for Music Creation with AI, a manifesto for the responsible ...

MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points – ...

GEMA represents the copyrights of around 95,000 members in Germany (composers, lyricists, music publishers) as well as over ...

The Spotify boss divested $57.1 million worth of company stock in January, bringing his total share sales since July 2023 to ...