Neil Jacobson’s SPAC cites multiple reasons for delisting request
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Apple Music just raised its subscription price to $10.99 in the US. Will Spotify be next?
Apple announced on Monday (October 24) that is increasing the pricing for Apple TV+, Apple One, and Apple Music worldwide.
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Why aren’t music royalties paid by the second?
Stef Van Vugt, founder and CEO of Fruits Music, suggests some changes to the way royalties are earned – and paid out
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From BTS joining the military to Simon Cowell’s TikTok ‘talent show’… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
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Robert Kyncl’s to-do list.
The new Warner Music Group boss may have these queries on his mind when he joins the music company in January
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The three major music publishers now own or control over 10 million songs between them (kind of)
Investor figures from the three majors suggest they are – or will soon be – looking after double-digit millions of songs
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This AI firm just raised $101m at a reported $1bn valuation – and music is one of its areas of focus
Stability AI is described as the ‘world’s first community-driven, open-source artificial intelligence company’
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Live music is falling apart.
The following MBW column comes from London-based music industry journalist and author Eamonn Forde
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After a ‘challenging’ H1, Netflix beats expectations to add 2.4m subs in Q3
Netflix’s total paid subscriber base at the end of Q3 was 223 million
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As Microsoft’s $68.7bn Activision buyout awaits approval, games giant files patent for AI music tech
Back in January, Microsoft issued jaw-dropping news that it was buying Activision Blizzard in an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion. Activision – one of world’s most prominent interactive entertainment developers, publishers and distrib…