Direct-to-fan platform Bandcamp has revealed that artists and labels have been paid out $154 million via its Bandcamp Friday ...

The ByteDance-owned platform has signed a joint venture agreement with Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi’s MGX that is set to ...

IPRS will license the service in India while PRS for Music will handle processing, matching reported music usage with registered works and distributing royalties.

Music Business Worldwide presents the final four rising stars from Vevo’s DSCVR Artists To Watch 2026, starting with… Chiara ...

YouTube says it will soon stop providing data to Billboard for inclusion in the US charts, ending a partnership that has lasted more than a decade. The decision, announced today (December 17) by ...

These works can now be registered directly with the individual societies. All three PROs’ registration policies define a partially AI-generated musical work as one that “combines elements of ...

Warner Music Group has sued US cookie chain Crumbl, alleging that it built its business through “blatant, willful, and repeated copyright infringement.” “Defendants have misappropriated at least 159 ...

MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry. Stat Of the Week is supported by music data analytics firm Chartmetric.

A quarter of music producers are now using AI in their craft – although a significant majority show signs of resistance to the technology, over fears of losing creative control. Continue to article ...

YouTube reports that it paid more than $8 billion to the music industry during the 12 months from July 2024 to June 2025. The payout covers revenue from both advertising and subscriptions on the ...

The Wall Street Journal reports that Brookfield Asset Management has struck a $2 billion deal with Primary Wave Music to invest in music rights. As part of the deal, Brookfield will acquire what the ...

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) is a trade body based in Washington D.C that represents the interests of music publisher and their songwriter clients in the United States. Founded in ...