Music Business Worldwide

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1. Bandcamp Fridays hit $154m in payouts since 2020, with $19m paid in 2025 alone

   The latest figure represents a $31 million increase from the $123 million Bandcamp reported in May 2024.

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2. PRS for Music and IPRS strike licensing deal for Apple Fitness+ India launch

   IPRS will license the service in India while PRS for Music will handle processing, matching reported music usage with registered works and distributing royalties.

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3. TikTok signs deal with Oracle consortium for US business

   The ByteDance-owned platform has signed a joint venture agreement with Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi's MGX that is set to finalize on December 22.

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4. Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch 2026: LaBlackie, ROA, Luz Gaggi, RNBOI

   The last four new names from Vevo’s annual DSCVR Artists to Watch list

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5. From YouTube pulling its data from Billboard’s charts to HYBE’s new partnership with Tyla’s managers… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

   The biggest headlines from the past few days...

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6. ‘You need to leave your safeguards and walk into the fire.’

   MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series meets legendary composer A.R. Rahman

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7. PPL’s royalty distributions jump 19.9% to $72.8M in final quarter of 2025

   The recorded music royalties collection society says it's seeing strong collections coming from abroad

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8. UMG and Roblox strike deal to expand commercial opportunities for artists on the gaming platform – including merch sales via Shopify

   Deal includes the integration of commercial features designed to 'drive increased engagement and revenue for artists and labels'

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9. UMG and Splice team up to collaborate on ‘next generation’ AI music creation tools

   Companies claim to be 'building a roadmap for development of commercial AI tools rooted in creative control and sonic excellence'

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10. Indie music publishers saw revenues grow 5.1% to $2.9bn in 2024: IMPF

    The IMPF is raising the alarm about the risk of AI to songwriters' and music publishers' income

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