February, 2025

Paul McCartney adds track to vinyl version of ‘silent’ album protesting UK AI copyright law proposal
Profits from sales of the album donated to the charity, Help Musicians Source...

TIDAL opens direct uploads for indie artists, but tracks won’t earn royalties
TIDAL is launching a contest that will award $100,000 each for 10 artists whose work get playlisted among TIDAL Upload's headliners. Source...

On… Spotify’s billion-dollar pricing opportunity
The following article originally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest ‘Tim’s Take’ email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers. Source...

Musixmatch owner seized on rival’s Russia connection in Spotify talks, alleges court filing
Dispute may relate to LyricFind's historical provision of lyric services to Russian service, VKontakte Source...

Fresh from Clipse Grammy shortlist triumph, Roc Nation Distribution unveils ‘cutting-edge’ new artist platform
The new dashboard 'democratizes access to tools and information historically reserved for the very few established label superstars' Source...

Why Your Content Marketing Isn’t Working (And How to Fix It)
You’re pouring out blog posts, reels, infographics, emails — basically the whole content kitchen — and still it feels like you’re shouting into an empty room. No traffic, no leads, no ROI. Ouc...

Mushroom Music inks sub-publishing deal with peermusic for Americas
peermusic will handle copyright registration, royalty collection, sync licensing and creative opportunities for Mushroom's roster of songwriters. Source...

Meet BTS label boss Seon Jeong Shin, the exec steering the K-pop mega stars’ ‘unprecedented’ return
MBW’s World Leaders series meets Seon Jeong Shin, President of HYBE's flagship record label BIGHIT MUSIC Source...

Ticket resales above face value to be banned by UK government in crackdown on touts
The move marks a more aggressive approach after ministers initially considered allowing resales at up to 30% above face value. Source...

Musixmatch launches Music Lens, an AI agent that ‘transforms’ catalogs into ‘actionable insights’ for publishers, labels, and creators
Musixmatch's new AI-powered Music Lens tool is 'built for - not on - the industry' Source...

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