February, 2025

Jonathan Dickins talks Adele’s record-breaking Munich stadium residency and more in SXSW London interview
September Management founder Jonathan Dickins participated in a rare on-stage interview at SXSW London on Friday (June 6). Source...

Tips for Using Whitespace Analysis in Salesforce
As businesses continually strive to maximize efficiency, whitespace analysis has become a key tool in uncovering untapped potential within customer accounts. For users of Salesforce, this technique ca...

Create Music Group strikes JV with Ty Dolla $ign and Shawn Barron’s EZMNY Records
EZMNY Records was co-founded by Ty Dolla $ign and co-founder Shawn Barron, who signed Ty Dolla $ign to Atlantic Records back in 2012. Source...

Sony Music spent $2.5bn on 60+ deals in the past year (and 7 more things you should know from Rob Stringer’s latest investor presentation)
Rob Stringer, the Chairman of Sony Music Group and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, updated investors on the music company's performance and strategy on Friday morning (June 13). Source...

From Sony’s $2.5bn spent in the past year to UMG’s Patrick Whitesell JV… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days Source...

Labels push back against government support for Cox Communications in copyright infringement battle
The labels described the Justice Department's position as “bewildering,” saying the ISP protected its own profits. Source...

US Supreme Court rejects appeal in Ed Sheeran copyright case over ‘Thinking Out Loud’
The Supreme Court turned down Structured Asset Sales' attempt to revive the case Source...

Sony Music Entertainment Japan acquires ‘full rights’ to Spookiz animation franchise
Sony Music Labels will work with South Korea's Keyring to produce new Spookiz animations. Source...

Music publishers and Elon Musk’s X granted 90 day pause to copyright lawsuit for ‘good faith negotiations’ to try to settle out of court
Publishers 'to discuss with X the resolution of the suit and proper compensation to songwriters and publishers for past unlicensed uses, while providing an opportunity for go forward licensing,' says ...

‘If you’re serious about building fandom, you can’t just double down on the diehards, you need to start on the edges.’
MBW Views is a series of op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following MBW op/ed comes from Dan Goldberg Source...

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