Music Business Worldwide

From Universal Music’s EU setback to Live Nation’s DOJ nightmare… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

Music Business Worldwide — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:38:12 +0000

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days

Confidence in a crisis.

Music Business Worldwide — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:57:42 +0000

When artists are wrongfully accused of transgression, it can be career-ending. One go-to expert in reputation management explains how he helps stars navigate their way back to public acceptability – and why he has firm rules over who he will, and won’t, help…

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Suno is getting more advanced, as AI music generator launches v4.5+ update with ‘previously unimaginable’ production capabilities

Murray Stassen — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:17:37 +0000

Version 4.5+ release introduces three new features that Suno calls 'first-of-their-kind professional audio production tools'

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AI companies accused of ‘largest domestic piracy of IP in our nation’s history’ at congressional hearing led by MAGA Republican

Daniel Tencer — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:26:24 +0000

At Meta, 'Mark Zuckerberg himself made the call' to pirate vast amounts of copyrighted material

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TikTok launches new features for songwriters to spotlight their work

Daniel Tencer — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:17:35 +0000

The app is working to better integrate with the music community and formalize its relationship with music companies

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Why the ‘Long Fat Tail’ of the Oasis catalog will Live Forever

Music Business Worldwide — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:12:17 +0000

The following MBW Explains article was written by Will Page, the author of 'Pivot: Eight Principles for Transforming Your Business' and the former Chief Economist for both Spotify and PRS for Music

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‘A manager’s job is to be the last guard at the gate for the artists that they work with in terms of their art. That’s a pretty deep responsibility.’

Mark Sutherland — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:26:09 +0000

Chris Woltman on the huge and sustained success of Twenty One Pilots, why record labels still matter, the rock revival, streaming economics and AI

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TikTok integrates another streaming service into Add to Music App feature, with Anghami partnership

Murray Stassen — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:11:51 +0000

TikTok users in the Middle East and North Africa can now save tracks from TikTok straight to their music libraries on streaming service Anghami. The platform has become the latest to sign up to TikTok’s ‘Add to Music App’ feature, which lets TikTok users save the songs they discover on the social app directly to … Continued

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Believe expands Artist Services division in MENA region, signs superstars Angham, Nancy Ajram, and Ragheb Alama

Murray Stassen — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:07:39 +0000

Believe said the three "strategic" signings form the "cornerstone" of its roster and "evolution" in the MENA region.

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Aimee Jessiman appointed UK Head of Management at Three Six Zero

Murray Stassen — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:19:53 +0000

Jessiman works on global talent such as Calvin Harris and Swedish House Mafia

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