3 June, 2022Maharashtra cyber crime cell arrests Thop TV developer for piracy on Viacom18’s complaint
20 April, 2022Diminishing Language Barrier Relevant Engaging Etories Making Regional Content Popular On Ott
31 January, 2022Warner Chappell Inks Sub-publishing Deal With Estate Of Legendary Belgian Singer Jacques Brel
27 January, 2022Warner Strikes Deal To Create ‘first Music-themed World’ In The Sandbox Gaming Metaverse
27 January, 2022He helped establish Spotify in the US, before selling his startup to Twitter. Now Sachin Doshi wants to transform podcasting…
14 January, 2022Pimco, One Of The World’s Biggest Investment Firms, Turns Its Attention To Music Rights
11 January, 2022Germany Generated 165 Billion Music Streams In 2021… Almost A Fifth More Than In 2020
10 January, 2022At Least $5 Billion Was Spent On Music Rights Acquisitions In 2021. Could 2022 Be Even Bigger?
5 January, 2022Investors are spending hundreds of millions on records by Bruce Springsteen and the Red Hot Chili Peppers
4 January, 2022Melodity – The Web3 Ecosystem for the Music industry to fully unleash creativity with play-to-earn, listen-to-earn, NFTs and Metaverse
21 December, 2021BMG and KKR announce first joint acquisition: the ‘entire music interests’ of ZZ Top
30 November, 2021Sound Royalties Launches Advances For Artists And Performers Seeking Tour And Production Support
16 November, 2021Ingrooves Music Group announces global deals with Himesh Reshammiya and Yo Yo Honey Singh, appoints Amit Sharma as India Country…
15 November, 2021After Making Tens Of Millions On Roblox, Warner Places Another Gaming Investment Bet
13 November, 2021Priya Dewan Upped To Vp, International Marketing, Asia Pacific And Md, Southeast Asia And Korea At The Orchard
2 November, 2021Create Music Group Acquires India-based Distribution And Rights Management Firm Nirvana Digital
26 October, 2021Sony Music Publishing Strikes Partnership With Punjabi/hindi Content Specialist White Hill Music
10 October, 2021Kobalt Is Selling A Music Catalog For $1 Billion – And KKR Is In Prime Position To Buy It
8 October, 2021Universal Music India Launches New Label Vyrl Punjabi In Partnership With Composer Jatinder Shah
7 October, 2021Tiktok Names Six Certified Sound Partners Including Songtradr, Massivemusic, UnitedMasters And Epidemic Sound
7 October, 2021Nepal-based Producer Sagun Launches Lo-fi Label Arden Records In Collaboration With Platoon
5 October, 2021Warner Music Strikes Partnership With $90m-backed Influencer Text-messaging Platform Community
30 September, 2021Roblox Games Developer Supersocial Raises $5.2m From Investors Including Warner Music Group ‘to Build Iconic Metaverse Experiences’
30 September, 2021Sony Music Launches ‘artist Assistance’ Program to Promote Wellness for Its Signed Talent
29 September, 2021Universal’s New Partnership With $34m-backed Medrhythms Will See Its Music Used to Treat Neurologic Injury
29 September, 2021Warner Music India Inks Exclusive Strategic Partnership With Entertainment Firm Jetsynthesys
23 September, 2021Welcome to the New Record Business: Warner Music Group Is Now Generating Over $270m From Tiktok, Peloton, Facebook and Other…
6 September, 2021South Africa’s Gallo Music Investments Acquires 45% Stake In Distributor Content Connect Africa (CCA)
17 August, 2021Reservoir Generated $16.7m in Calendar Q2 – and Paid Out $6m in Songwriter Royalties and Publishing Costs
4 August, 2021Warner Boss Steve Cooper Talks Tiktok and Peloton Revenues, the Rise of Virtual Artists, and the Value of Record Labels
14 June, 2021IFPI and 17 representatives from Europe’s creative sectors raise concerns regarding the European Commission’s guidance on Article 17
11 June, 2021Sony Music legacy artists set for streaming payouts as major removes unrecouped balances
1 June, 2021Twitch ‘disappointed’ with music publishing industry as it’s hit with 1,000 copyright infringement claims
28 May, 2021Universal Music India and Capitol Records team up on Jason Derulo re-work of Tesher’s global hit Jalebi Baby
27 May, 2021Sony’s spent $1.4bn on music acquisitions in the last six months… and Rob Stringer’s not stopping there
21 May, 2021From Universal’s 10% sell-off to Sony Music under investigation: It’s MBW’s weekly round-up
8 May, 2021Live Nation revenues fell by 79% year-on-year in Q1, but it says events are now ‘selling out faster than ever…
6 May, 2021Beggars group launches new music supervision business Colourbox music with Ben Turner and Simon Astall
6 May, 2021PRS For Music introduces discounted rate for livestream licence following ‘healthy debate’
5 May, 2021After Spotify’s (slight) price hike, Warner Music Group boss Steve Cooper expects music streaming prices will begin ‘closing the gap’…
5 May, 2021Recording industry takes action against Vimeo for making available infringing music content
3 May, 2021Jay-Z reportedly finalises Tidal sale to Jack Dorsey for $350m as platform boasts of paying ‘4x more per stream’ than…
29 April, 2021Tencent could be hit with $1.5bn fine and forced to sell two music apps in China (Report)
29 April, 2021Goldman Sach: Universal is worth over $50bn and global music streaming revenues will rise $3bn this year
26 April, 2021Spotify is launching podcasts subscriptions… but it’s not going to make any money from them
23 April, 2021Exclusive: In conversation with Mr. Blaise Fernandes- President & CEO, Indian Music Industry (IMI): Part 2
22 April, 2021Netflix is going ‘wobbly’ without fresh hits. The music industry is learning to live with the same thing
19 April, 2021Apple music just made a lot of claims about what it pays artists. Let’s take a closer look
18 April, 2021From Reservoir’s $788 valuation to Spotify and Warner’s canoodling: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up
16 April, 2021Looking back: How Spotify has changed the global music industry for good in just 15 years
14 April, 2021After Gangnam Style, Kolavari Di and Despacito, Haryanvi song 52 Gaj Ka Daman breaks through
14 April, 2021Canada is considering a proposal that would allow internet providers to block piracy websites
14 April, 2021TikTok users watch the app for an average of 89 minutes per day – and there’s 732m of them worldwide
2 April, 2021“The time is ripe for the music industry to be unified” – Neeraj Kalyan, President, T-Series
2 April, 2021In conversation with Neeraj Kalyan, then man behind T-Series’s successful re-entry into IPRS
22 March, 2021WARNER AND TENCENT MUSIC TO LAUNCH A JOINT RECORD LABEL, AS THEY INK MULTI-YEAR LICENSING DEAL
4 March, 2021Germany’s recorded music revenues grew 9% to $2bn last year, thanks to streaming’s lockdown boom
4 March, 2021Jack Dorsey’s Square is buying a majority stake in Jay-Z’s music-streaming platform Tidal for nearly $300 million
27 February, 2021High Court grants, for the first time, website blocking orders targeting cyberlocker and streamripping sites/app and considers that CJEU won’t…
24 February, 2021Over 60,000 tracks are now uploaded to Spotiy every day. That’s nearly one per second
23 February, 2021Spotify CEO Daniel Ek talks Bollywood, creators and battling radio with live features
18 February, 2021BPI calls for government support to realise potential of billion dollar recorded music exports
18 February, 2021Universal launches Virgin music label & artist services around the world rebranding Caroline and Caroline International
17 February, 2021Big Hit and Universal ‘rewrite global music history’ with joint K-Pop label, expanded partnership
16 February, 2021India will be the 6th largest contributor to global ad spends in 2021: GroupM’s TYNY Report
16 February, 2021Spotify unveils 2 Premium Mini Plans for listeners to have uninterrupted music experience
14 February, 2021Government of Canada Launches Consultation on How to Implement its CUSMA Commitment to Extend Canada’s General Copyright Term of Protection
13 February, 2021CONFIRMED: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP SET TO GO PUBLIC ON EURONEXT AMSTERDAM STOCK EXCHANGE THIS YEAR
10 February, 2021OTT consumption grew 13% in 2020, led by sports: RedSeer Consulting-Business Journal
10 February, 2021New data breaks down the dramatic increase in movies that went straight to streaming or digital-rental platforms in 2020
9 February, 202160% Of Pay-TV Users Want Subs To Include Streaming Content From Online Video Services
8 February, 2021DailyHunt’s Josh raises $100 million from Qatar Investment Authority and others – just two months after Google and Microsoft made…
3 February, 2021SONY MUSIC REVENUES SOARED ABOVE $4.5BN IN 2020, AFTER HUGE FINAL QUARTER OF THE YEAR
6 January, 2021Bilingual Collaborations Are Taking The Music World By Storm, These Are The Dream Collabs For 2021
29 December, 2020Public Performance Royalties from Non-Traditional Events in Wedding ceremonies in India.
17 September, 2020GIVING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY ITS DUE: ANTIQUATED REGULATIONS ARE DAMMING MUSIC REVENUES
14 September, 2020IMI expects 10% of radio players’ gross ad revenue as new base of royalty for music labels.
18 August, 2020State of the Recorded Music Industry 2020- National Address by Vikram Mehra, at All About Music 2020
23 March, 2020Indian Music Industry, heavily dependent on cashflows, hit hard by Coronavirus; Smaller Labels Face Existential Threat
27 November, 2019Vision 2022: Unlocking Fair Value to Stakeholders to Propel the Recorded Music Industry in India to the Top 10 Music…
3 September, 2019Indian Music Industry (“IMI”) and Deloitte report: Recorded Music Industry’s contribution to Indian economy at INR 8660cr
27 April, 2018IFPI, IMI & PPL Organised the 1st Ever Indian Music Industry Conclave in Chennai and Chandigarh
