AI Kicking Off a Paradigm Shift in Music; Guy Oseary Shifts to NFTs; Music Rights as an Asset Class

Meet the artists and developers leading the next evolution of songwriting.

Guy Oseary has proven himself as manager to Madonna, U2 and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Now he's an entrepreneur in the emerging world of NFTs.

Can investors and private equity firms maintain their up-tempo music royalty investments?

Takahito Iguchi Iguchi talks about his motivation to develop the audio metaverse.

TikTok Music would be a major disruption to the music streaming industry, affecting ad buys across other platforms.

Why is Spotify not suffering in the markets quite like its big-tech peers?

Tempo beta version is now available for free in advance of Crunch Digital’s roll out of its commercial subscription-based service this fall.

BMG has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Germany’s largest independent record label Telamo. Click here for the full story on the biggest acquisition for BMG since country label BBR in 2017.

Sarah Landy will join Fuga’s expanding LA office and oversee all business development and client relations for North and South America.

At first glance, that's what it seems Spotify is doing with its latest update.

Talent isn’t always on the stage, in full view, or on the cut.

Piracy-monitoring platform Muso has raised about $3.89 million and claimed that digital piracy increased by 25% during 2022's first half.

SoundCloud will lay off about 20% of its global staff due to "the challenging economic climate and financial market headwinds."

With names like Drake and Calvin Harris making millions at the top of the Spotify highest earners list in 2021, how much would Bach, Handel, or Chopin have earned if music streaming had existed in their era?

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