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Streaming fraud and manipulated audio are two of the biggest headaches in the music industry today – and a criminal case in Denmark highlights how the two problems can go hand in hand. A man in Denmark’s East Jutland region has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, after he was found guilty of data […]

Symphonic Distribution, a music distributor and technology provider, has announced the launch of its third annual Women Empowered+ mentorship program, aiming to bridge the gender gap in the music industry by connecting aspiring female music industry professionals with established executives for half a year of guidance and support. Following the program’s success in previous years, Symphonic has

PPL, the UK’s music industry royalty collector for performers and recording rightsholders, is launching a new initiative called ‘PPL Giving,’ a dedicated GBP £1 million (approx. USD $1.3 million) annual program designed to to support and invest in the future of music in the UK. PPL Giving prioritizes initiatives that promote equality of opportunity, embrace a wide

IFPI, the organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has published its Global Music Report, which reports on global trade revenues for the recorded music industry in 2023. The headline stat from IFPI‘s report, which you can read in full here: Global recorded music revenues rose 10.2% YoY in 2023 to reach USD $28.6 billion. Last year (2023) marked the

More music on streaming service Deezer’s platform is shifting to an “artist-centric” royalty payment model. Under a new deal announced on Thursday (March 21), Merlin, the digital music licensing organization for indie record labels, distributors and other rightsholders will be paid under Deezer’s new artist-centric model for music streamed in France. In that move, Merlin will be

BMG Chief Content Officer Dominique Casimir is stepping down from her role after 15 years with the company. The news was announced by BMG on Thursday (March 21). The Berlin-based exec, who first joined BMG in 2008, was named Chief Content Officer (CCO) of the company in May 2022. Casimir moved up from her previous role

Saudi Arabian media giant MBC Group has quietly acquired a 13.7% stake in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) music streaming service Anghami. MBC Group, through its MBC Ventures arm, purchased 4,074,533 ordinary shares in Nasdaq-listed Anghami, an ownership filing by Anghami with the US Securities and Exchange Commission showed. Financial terms of that investment were not disclosed, but based on Anghami’s closing

Despite a slowdown in many parts of its economy over the past year, China’s music streaming market continues to boom, and nowhere is that clearer than in the earnings of Tencent Music Entertainment (TME), the country’s largest operator of music DSPs. In its latest earnings report, released on Tuesday (March 19), TME reported a 45.3% YoY jump

The concept of “fake artists” on Spotify is a story we’ve been following closely since way back in 2016. The existence of fake artists on the platform is now a well-known fact: Music released by musicians under pseudonyms, who have no real online presence other than their Spotify accounts and plays, and whose music can be found on many of Spotify’s

Warner Music India is set to strengthen its position in the central Indian music market after making a strategic investment in Global Music Junction (GMJ), the music and entertainment subsidiary of JetSynthesys. The investment builds on a distribution agreement signed between Warner Music and JetSynthesys, a digital entertainment and technology company, in September 2021. JetSynthesys is part of the JetLine group,