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MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a single data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry. Stat Of the Week is supported by Cinq Music Group, a…

Italy’s recorded music revenues topped €153 million in H1 2022, marking YoY growth of 18.3%.That H1 revenue haul was up €23.6 million on the €129.4 million generated in H1 2021.These numbers…

India’s fiscal deficit during the first…

The number of cybercrime cases reported in the country in 2021 rose by 5 percent from the year before, according to a report. Charge sheets were reportedly filed in only one-third of cases,…

Warner Recorded Music has entered a global joint venture with Lee Daniels Music, headed by director/writer/producer Lee Daniels.Daniels has worked on films including Precious, The Butler,…

Warner Music Group has today announced a mixed bag of results for its calendar Q2 (fiscal Q3) 2022 results, with one notably positive topline stat: At constant currency, WMG’s company-wide…

BMG has agreed a deal to acquire Germany’s largest independent record label, Telamo, a specialist in Schlager music.Sources tell MBW that the acquisition will approximately double BMG’s…

Sony’s global music rights operation – across recorded music and music publishing – generated USD $2.03 billion in the three months to end of June 2022.That’s according to MBW’s calculations…

In recent years, the music rights business has grown used to the major music companies posting double-digit YoY subscription streaming revenue growth every quarter that flies by.Yesterday…

PTI Kochi, June 27 Malayalam movie producer and actor Vijay Babu, facing a probe in the case of…