February, 2024

‘Artist development is the lifeblood of the new Concord Records.’
MBW meets Concord Records Co-Presidents Margi Cheske and Mark Williams Source...

Believe and TuneCore say they ‘strongly refute’ copyright infringement claims in UMG’s $500m lawsuit and ‘will fight them’
The lawsuit, filed on Monday (November 4) alleges that Believe has built its business through industrial-scale copyright infringement' Source...

After two years of stealth development, TikTok challenger Connyct launches early access
Post-secondary students in the United States can get exclusive early access to the platform Source...

HYBE’s revenue slides 2% in Q3 amid Olympics impact, internal challenges
HYBE's concerts and recorded music revenues saw double-digit year-over-year declines Source...

The Music Business UK Awards 2024: All The Winners
The Music Business UK Awards took place last night (November 5) at the Grand Connaught Rooms in Covent Garden, London. Source...

Ed Sheeran’s speech about Max Lousada is the reason you all got into this business in the first place
Max Lousada was honored with the Sir George Martin Award at MBW's Music Business UK Awards in London last night. Source...

Jon Platt accepts International Executive of the Year honor, pays tribute to Sony Music Publishing, the songwriting community and more at MBW’s Music Business UK Awards
Yesterday evening (November 5) saw MBW's Music Business UK Awards take place in Covent Garden, celebrating the very best that the UK music biz has to offer. Source...

Paradise Worldwide wants to help Gen AI platforms become licensed – and get rightsholders paid in the process
Company claims to be the "only Independent All Rights Distributor" with its own AI department Source...

Chartmetric unveils ‘revolutionary’ predictive artist discovery tool that examined data of over 10M artists
The tool promises to "identify emerging talent far earlier than was ever possible before" Source...

‘We put a lot of time and pressure on ourselves to make our social media the best it can be, but at the end of the day, it’s a vanity project.’
The following is an extract from Sound Advice, a health-focused career guide for artists written by MBW Contributing Editor Rhian Jones and performance health and psychology coach Lucy Heyman Source...

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