February, 2025

On… breaking down barriers to build bridges in the music business
The following MBW op/ed comes from Dr. Portia Sabin, President of the Music Business Association Source...

YouTube ad revenues jumped 10.3% in Q1 to nearly $9bn
Alphabet's ad revenues could face 'headwinds' in Q2 from the ongoing tariff war between the US and China Source...

Carlyle nears $464m bond sale backed by music rights from Litmus portfolio (report)
Reported bond sale is backed by rights from artists including Benny Blanco, Keith Urban and Katy Perry Source...

HYBE revenues soared 39% YoY to record $349m in Q1, driven by tours and merch from SEVENTEEN, j-hope, ENHYPEN and other K-Pop stars
HYBE surpassed the 500 billion South Korean won quarterly revenue mark for the first time in the first quarter of 2025. Source...

Henri Lanz appointed Senior International A&R and Creative Advisor of Warner Music Nordics
Lanz worked as Chief Creative Advisor at Sony Music Finland over the past year Source...

Epidemic Sound acquires AI startup Song Sleuth to tackle music’s ‘black box’ problem
The Stockholm-based soundtracking platform is launching a new service called Aentidote aimed at identifying unclaimed and undistributed royalties Source...

Spotify posts record-high operating profit for Q1, as subscriber base grows by 5m to 268m paid users
SPOT's latest financial results (for Q1 2025) were filed today (April 29) Source...

Desiree Autobee, Jamey Sussman appointed Synch Directors at Payday Music, as publishing company opens new LA studio
Having sync execs in the ground in New York, LA, and London is 'producing amazing results' for Payday Music Source...

Jason Feinberg appointed SVP/Head of Kobalt’s music publishing platform KOSIGN
Feinberg previously held roles at 138 Strategic, Universal Music Group and Pandora’s AMP platform Source...

Sony Corp strikes strategic partnership with BandLab Technologies to bring spatial sound and other tools to the company’s millions of users
Initial phase of partnership integrates Sony’s Spatial Sound technology; co-branded hub within BandLab to act as gateway for future offerings Source...

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