A2IM’s Libera Awards: Merlin, Sub Pop and Sturgill Simpson amongst winners
The A2IM Libera Awards returned to New York last week (June 25) to celebrate the [...]
Apple Music is coming to Sonos this year
One of the most popular articles on MBW this month was our description of the [...]
SoundCloud boss on Apple, free music and going legit
When Alexander Ljung tells MBW that SoundCloud boasts a “larger scale than anything else out [...]
Ashley Tabor’s Global Entertainment buys into UK promoter Broadwick Live
Global Entertainment, the content creation arm of Ashley Tabor’s Global, is getting into the festivals [...]
Major labels share $210m in pre-1972 Sirius XM settlement
The major labels plus ABKCO – the owner of classic Rolling Stones copyrights – have jointly [...]
Rob Hallett’s Robomagic backs growing UK festival Standon Calling
Live music bigwig Rob Hallett has thrown his backing behind independent UK festival Standon Calling, [...]
Independent labels reach digital tipping point – driven by streaming
Merlin, the global digital rights agency representing 20,000 independent labels including the likes of Beggars [...]
Apple Music will be £9.99 in UK, and 90-day free trial is moveable
A couple more interesting nuggets of news regarding Apple Music have come MBW’s way four [...]
Apple is paying indie labels $0.002 per stream for free trial… BEFORE tax
It looks like Apple has finally reached a settlement with the independents over Apple Music‘s [...]
Spotify acquires data provider to the UN – and Beats Music
Spotify has beefed up its bid to become No.1 in terms of music audience intelligence, [...]
Australian music market won’t grow over next 5 years – report
The entire Australian music market, encompassing physical, digital and live, is heading for five flat [...]
And the world’s first Apple Music exclusive is…
Now the indies (and Taylor Swift) have endorsed Apple Music, the great 2015 streaming war [...]
Cécile Rap-Veber named Director of International Collections at SACEM
Cécile Rap-Veber has been named Director of International Collections at French collection society SACEM – [...]
Google Play launches free Pandora rival in the US
Google Play has ‘gone freemium’ in the US, launching an ad-supported digital radio service in [...]
TIDAL loses its second CEO this year – a week before Apple Music arrives
TIDAL has lost its second CEO in two months as Peter Tonstad exits the HD [...]