Analysis News Reservoir spent $115m+ on acquisitions and advances in latest fiscal year, as its annual revenues jumped 10% YoY to $158.7m Reservoir has published its fiscal Q4 (calendar Q1) and FY fiscal 2025 results (ended March 31, 2025)
Analysis News EU artists generated more than $1.8 billion on Spotify in 2024, up 15% YoY Spotify has published Loud & Clear stats for the EU
Analysis On… hallucinations, Charli XCX, and ‘daring to suck’ This article originally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest MBW+ Review email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.
Analysis News Private Equity’s thirst for the live business continues, as Providence strikes $1bn+ deal for event logistics firm that worked on Taylor Swift tour GCL is the parent of Rock-it Cargo, a prominent player in the world of logistics for tours by superstar artists
Analysis News HYBE is selling its entire stake in K-Pop rival SM Entertainment to Tencent Music for nearly $180m Tencent Music will become the second-largest shareholder in SM Entertainment
Analysis News From HYBE’s reported expansion plans to Martin Lorentzon’s Spotify stock cash-outs… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News Royalties generated by German artists on Spotify reached $520m in 2024, up 17% Germany is among the leading countries in Europe in the popularity of local-language music
Analysis Björn Ulvaeus: ‘Bring on the AI revolution – but stay true to safeguarding creators’ rights.’ The following op-ed was originally delivered as a speech to European lawmakers on Tuesday evening (May 20) by ABBA co-founder and CISAC President Björn Ulvaeus
Analysis News HYBE reportedly eyeing expansion into India – could a local acquisition be its route into the emerging market? HYBE's reported plans to expand its reach into India arrive at a time of heightened M&A activity in the market
Analysis News From Trump firing top copyright official to SoundCloud ‘fixing’ AI policy… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News Live Nation has already sold 100m tickets in 2025 so far – compared to 98m sold in all of 2019 Live Nation CFO Joe Berchtold talks about pricing, facing a potential economic slowdown, and fixing the company's public relations headaches
Analysis News Sony generated $2.54bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q1 2025; Sony Music Group predicted to grow profit by ‘high single digits’ over next 12 months Both streaming and physical recorded music sales up single digits, as publishing division posts double-digit bounce in quarter
Analysis Ed Newton-Rex: Why I’m deleting my SoundCloud account. This MBW Views op/ed comes from Ed Newton-Rex (pictured), CEO of the ethical generative AI non-profit, Fairly Trained.
Analysis The importance of rejection – and being told ‘that’s impossible’: 5 things we learned from Elliot Grainge’s commencement speech Atlantic Music Group boss gave commencement speech for graduates at Northeastern University over the weekend
Analysis News From Create buying Monstercat to WMG earnings… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…