Back in October 2024, veteran rap group 2 Live Crew won a legal battle over the termination rights for their recordings catalogue. They had faced off in court against label Lil […]
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Brenda Lee’s full catalogue is finally coming to streaming services
Veteran singer Brenda Lee has 1.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify, although that figure spikes enormously in December – to more than 60m according to Chartmetric – thanks to a certain […]
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WMG talks catalogue and AI after strong Q2 financial results
“Catalogue is 65% of our revenue, therefore, very important. It deserves all the attention that it gets…” That’s Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl talking in the major label’s financial-earnings call […]
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Behind The Campaign: Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd’s ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here, turned 50 on 12 September 2025. In late 2024, in a deal estimated at $400 million, Sony Music acquired the band’s […]
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Publishing update: Market shares, Avex fund, Mothership, Chord…
What was the story of music publishing in 2025 as seen through the lens of market share? According to Music & Copyright’s annual research, it was another year of a widening […]
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Catalogue is key factor in UK’s most-streamed artists for 2025
Coldplay’s last studio album came out in October 2024. Dua Lipa’s came out in May that year. Arctic Monkeys’ last long-player was released in October 2022. And Calvin Harris’s came […]
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From Access to Infrastructure: How Managers Can Win at Streaming
For the first decade of streaming, success was largely about access. The industry focused on getting music onto digital service providers as quickly and widely as possible, and solving distribution […]
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New & used: the majors’ pivot away from new music (guest column)
Guest column: Music Ally publishes guest columns voicing the opinions of notable authors, or advancing specific perspectives on important issues. These are chosen at the Editorial team’s discretion, are not […]
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Royalty-management startup Mogul raises $5m funding round
Startup Mogul has processed more than $1.5bn of royalties since its launch last year. Now it has raised some more money of its own: a $5m funding round led by the Yamaha […]
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Connect Music raises $80m funding for catalogue acquisitions
New entrants are still emerging in the music catalogue-buying sector, while established players have been swelling their wallets with new funding. The latest example is Memphis-based Connect Music, with $80m of […]
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Rostrum Pacific bags $150m to buy more music catalogues
The music catalogues-buying boom may be a bit less boomy these days, but there are still companies raising money and casting their eyes over available collections. Rostrum Pacific is one […]
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AIMS says its latest AI-search model is 20% more accurate
AIMS is one of the startups using AI to supercharge music search for catalogues. It has just launched its latest model, which it says is a noticeable step up from […]
