Music Business
Publishing update: Market shares, Avex fund, Mothership, Chord…
What was the story of music publishing in 2025 as seen through the lens of market share? According to Music & Copyright’s annual research, it was another year of a widening gap between the top two publishers. But only a slight one. Sony Music Publishing’s share of the market grew from 25.2% to 25.9%
HYBE’s Taeho Park on expanding the superfan market via ‘transmedia’ content – and why the firm’s NEB unit is its ‘future business frontier’
MBW's World Leaders series meets Taeho Park, who leads the NEXT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS (NEB) and Data Strategy Center units at Korean entertainment giant HYBE, the home of BTS Source
Unison's Approach to Digital Music Publishing Rights Management
In this Member Feature, we speak with David Serras Pereira, Licensing and International Manager at Unison about how they've built an independent, multi-territorial publishing rights management platfor
Navigating the Overwhelming Volume of Daily Music Releases
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
Owen Kiernan on Cutting Through Digital Noise
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
Owen Kiernan on Helping Artists Cut Through Digital Noise
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
Owen Kiernan on Navigating Digital Music Overload
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
Owen Kiernan Discusses Cutting Through Digital Noise for Artists and Labels
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
Billboard's Comprehensive Music Industry Events Calendar Available
A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.
Plastician Explains His Monitor Setup With KRK Kreate 8
Plastician’s studio setup reflects the way a lot of producers actually work right now. It is not a large, isolated control room built around one purpose. It is a compact, hybrid space where production, DJ prep, and label work all happen in the same environment. That kind of setup puts pressure on yo
Alicia Keys Calls Out Music Industry's Gender Bias, Launches Mentorship Initiative
"Rather than just being pissed off about that, it was time to create opportunities," she says.
LALAL.AI Expands VST With Six-Stem Separation Inside the DAW
Back in February, LALAL.AI’s VST hit the market and what stood out then was how quickly it let producers pull vocals and instrumentals without leaving the session. It was useful, but still limited in how far you could push it before needing other tools. This new update changes that in a way that act
Alicia Keys Says Music Industry Is Still an ‘Old Boy Network’ Where Women Aren’t ‘Given an Open Door’
"Rather than just being pissed off about that, it was time to create opportunities," she says.
There is a “company-wide pattern of financial misrepresentation” at Live Nation, says former executive vice president at the company
A former EVP at Live Nation has made a number of serious allegations of misconduct against the company in a lawsuit filed just one week after it lost its big antitrust trial. Nicholas Rumanes accuses Live Nation of financial misrepresentation and breaching its 2010 consent decree with the US DoJ
Universal and Sony must be allowed to see Warner’s deal with Suno, lawyers tell judge as AI legal battle continues
While Warner has signed a licensing deal with Suno, Universal and Sony are both still suing the music AI start-up. And they now want to see the Suno/Warner agreement as part of that legal battle, because they say the fact Suno signed the Warner deal disputes a key part of its fair use defence
Social Media and Digital Marketing Coordinator – Solar Management – London
Busy artist and producer management company in N1 London looking for a tech-savvy and creative coordinator to support our teams of managers across the roster and the company’s own channels. […] The post is from Music Ally.
Fans are dancing during new Michael Jackson film – and it’s really annoying some cinema-goers
Some have labelled it as narcissistic, while others argue it makes the cinema experience more “magical”
‘The road to true artist development is still a long one. Tenacity wins long-term.’
Tom Rose, MD of UK-based GRAPE.VN (formerly Propeller), on radio's significance in the streaming age, the firm's pan-European promo work with RAYE, and its move to offer management, label services and more following a rebrand Source
Concord acquires Mothership Music Publishing and its 5,000-song catalog
Mothership's roster includes Grammy Best New Artist nominee The Marías, Falling In Reverse, Architects, Pam Sheyne and more. Source
Avex Music Group Invests $100 Million In Publishing Catalog Fund
The first acquisition from the strategy is the catalog of Teddy Swims' songwriter, Infamous