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RSS Dec 10, 2025 2:00pm · Music Business WorldWide

Nicole Thomas promoted to Managing Director of Virgin Music Group South Africa

Virgin Music South Africa also recently extended its long-term partnership with Gallo Record Company Source

RSS Dec 10, 2025 1:32pm · Hypebot

Bruce Houghton Talks Touring, American Music Fairness Act & More

Bruce Houghton from Bandsintown, Hypebot, the Skyline Artists agency and Berklee joins Michael Bandvold and Jay Gilbert on a new Music Biz Weekly Podcast to talk about touring, the American. Continue reading The post Bruce Houghton Talks Touring, American Music Fairness Act & More appeared first on Hypebot.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 12:16pm · Music Business WorldWide

The true cost of ‘Free’ music

The following MBW op/ed comes from Frederic Schindler, founder of music supervision company Too Young Ltd. and the licensing platform Catalog Source

RSS Dec 10, 2025 12:12pm · Music Business WorldWide

ABBA Voyage has had a $2.7bn economic impact in the UK since 2022 opening, says report

In 2025 alone, the concert experience added £660 million ($878m) in UK turnover compared with £1.40 billion ($1.86bn) in the first two years combined. Source

RSS Dec 10, 2025 12:01pm · Music Business WorldWide

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ Die With a Smile is Vevo’s most watched music video in 2025 with 932m global views; JENNIE records biggest premiere with 33.4m views in first 14 days

On Vevo’s premiere charts, South Korean artist JENNIE's Like JENNIE recorded the most views globally in its first 14 days at 33.4 million. Source

RSS Dec 10, 2025 11:34am · Music Business WorldWide

China’s Modern Sky strikes partnership with Steel Wool Entertainment, including a strategic investment, to expand operations in the US

Steel Wool will also assist Modern Sky in supporting independent artists seeking international reach. Source

RSS Dec 10, 2025 11:30am · Musically

Boxscore chart reveals five tours grossed over $300m in last year

Two concert charts in two days, and Coldplay tops them both. The second is the annual Boxscore chart published by Billboard. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 11:15am · Musically

ABBA Voyage has contributed more than £2bn to the UK’s economy

ABBA’s holo-tastic ABBA Voyage concerts kicked off in 2022 in a 3,000-capacity venue in London. But how much is it worth to the UK economy? The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 11:00am · Musically

Hangout adds a fully-licensed Generate Music’ AI feature

Social-music service Hangout launched in November 2024 as a revival of early-2010s platform Turntable·fm. Now it has a GenAI feature. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 10:45am · Musically

Spotify takes its beta music-videos feature to US and Canada

Spotify’s music videos feature, which is still officially in beta, has expanded to the US and Canada this week. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 10:30am · Musically

Study: most US teenagers are using YouTube and TikTok every day

The US-based Pew Research Center has published its latest study into the online habits of teenagers. It reveals that 92% of them use YouTube. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 10:15am · Musically

Pinterest’s 2026 trends include Gummy, Glamoratti and Poetcore

If you, like us, love a trends report with new phrases to baffle your friends with, Pinterest’s predictions for 2026 are a rich source. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 10:01am · Musically

Katseye are TikTok’s top artist of 2025 with over 30bn views

There’s a very cosmopolitan feel to TikTok’s chart of its top artists in 2025, and not just because the top spot is taken by Katseye. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 9:54am · Musically

Spotify confirms it paid no royalties to fake King Gizzard band

We reported yesterday on the removal from Spotify of music uploaded to the service in the name of ‘King Lizard Wizard’. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 9:34am · Musically

European Commission investigates Google over AI training

Yesterday, the European Commission opened a formal antitrust investigation into Google, focusing on its AI training processes. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 7:36am · Musically

Downtown Music CTO, Tom Allen: “People are running scared from AI”

Technical skills: Tom Allen is CTO at Downtown Music, where he oversees the company’s deployment of technology and how it works with external products and services. Music companies’ relationship with technology has shifted dramatically over the past century. Initially, as often tech companies themselves, labels were architects of their own futures and gatekeepers of their […] The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 10, 2025 5:00am · Musically

Connect Chats: Nathalie Birocheau – ‘Stay curious, stay transparent’

“The thing that has impressed me the most this year is how quickly AI has stopped being a buzzword,” says Ircam Amplify’s Nathalie Birocheau. The post is from Music Ally.

RSS Dec 9, 2025 6:11pm · Music Business WorldWide

Reactional Music taps MusicInfra to build ‘next-generation’ rights management platform for gaming

'Music’s use has exploded across platforms and devices, which means that traditional frameworks and the supporting infrastructure must evolve...' Source

RSS Dec 9, 2025 6:07pm · Music Business WorldWide

MDLBEAST’s Mazen Khamis talks Soundstorm 2025, XP Music Futures, and growth in MENA’s music business

Mazen Khamis, Executive Director of Marketing, Commercial, and Products at MDLBEAST on organizing large-scale music events in Saudi Arabia Source

RSS Dec 9, 2025 5:48pm · Music Business WorldWide

Craig Kallman appointed Chief Music Officer of Warner Music Group

A&R veteran will continue to sign new artists to Big Beat Source