Daniel Tencer

4 days ago | musicbusinessworldwide.com | Daniel Tencer

Spotify’s Senior Director, Head of International Music, Bruno Crolot has confirmed he’s leaving the streaming company for a role at Believe. In a LinkedIn post on Tuesday (June 3), Crolot said he will be taking up the role of President, Label & Artist Solutions (LAS) at the France-headquartered music company. MBW first reported on Crolot’s imminent departure from Spotify last month, though at that time it was unclear what role he would be taking up at Believe.

4 days ago | musicbusinessworldwide.com | Daniel Tencer

The United Arab Emirates government has given the green light to rights management company Music Nation to operate a collective management organization (CMO) in the country. Music Nation says the move will deliver “a vital new source of revenue for music rights holders”. The UAE’s Ministry of the Economy issued Music Nation formal approval to license, collect and distribute royalties from public performance, mechanical and neighboring rights, Music Nation said in a statement on Tuesday (June 3).

4 days ago | musicbusinessworldwide.com | Daniel Tencer

Direct-to-consumer music company VNYL has announced it has acquired Vinyl Me, Please (VMP), the subscription vinyl record service that news reports indicated entered liquidation earlier this year. The new iteration of VMP will be headed up by Nick Alt, founder of VNYL, who will serve as CEO, and Emily Muhoberac, President of VNYL who will serve as President and COO at VMP.

5 days ago | musicbusinessworldwide.com | Daniel Tencer

Eight Mile Style, co-publisher of hundreds of Eminem songs, recently lost a long-running copyright infringement lawsuit against Spotify. Now, the company is setting its sights on another tech giant: Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

5 days ago | musicbusinessworldwide.com | Daniel Tencer

The International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP) has released its first-ever analysis of global music publishing, surveying 16 major music markets. The headline finding? Music publishing brings in a little over $11 billion annually in those markets. The number includes publishers’ direct revenue, plus distributions to publishers and songwriters from collective management organizations (CMOs).