Music Business News: Germany Analysis News Royalties generated by German artists on Spotify reached $520m in 2024, up 17% Germany is among the leading countries in Europe in the popularity of local-language music News TikTok names SoundCloud as latest streaming platform partner for ‘Add to Music App’ feature SoundCloud is also rolling out 'Move Your Music,' which allows users to transfer their music libraries from other streaming services News Lisanne Dorn Bota appointed Senior Vice President, Commercial at Sony Music GSA She will join the management team, reporting directly to Christoph Behm, CEO of Sony Music GSA Analysis News From Trump firing top copyright official to SoundCloud ‘fixing’ AI policy… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place… News SoundCloud addresses AI clause in terms of service, says it ‘has never used artist content to train AI models’ Fairly Trained founder Ed Newton-Rex spotted the update, which went largely unnoticed since it was rolled out in February 2024 News Live events and ticketing company DEAG reports 18% jump in revenue to record high $400m in 2024 The company says it made a 'conscious' decision to increase spending on longer-term investments, even if it meant a shrinking EBITDA News Create Music Group acquires !K7 Music, founded by the late Horst Weidenmüller The deal had been in the works before Horst Weidenmüller’s passing in February News German collection society GEMA distributed $1.22bn to rightsholders in 2024, up 4.7% YoY Performance rights collections have seen a sharp spike amid tepid growth from online music1 2 … 75 Next
Analysis News Royalties generated by German artists on Spotify reached $520m in 2024, up 17% Germany is among the leading countries in Europe in the popularity of local-language music
News TikTok names SoundCloud as latest streaming platform partner for ‘Add to Music App’ feature SoundCloud is also rolling out 'Move Your Music,' which allows users to transfer their music libraries from other streaming services
News Lisanne Dorn Bota appointed Senior Vice President, Commercial at Sony Music GSA She will join the management team, reporting directly to Christoph Behm, CEO of Sony Music GSA
Analysis News From Trump firing top copyright official to SoundCloud ‘fixing’ AI policy… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News SoundCloud addresses AI clause in terms of service, says it ‘has never used artist content to train AI models’ Fairly Trained founder Ed Newton-Rex spotted the update, which went largely unnoticed since it was rolled out in February 2024
News Live events and ticketing company DEAG reports 18% jump in revenue to record high $400m in 2024 The company says it made a 'conscious' decision to increase spending on longer-term investments, even if it meant a shrinking EBITDA
News Create Music Group acquires !K7 Music, founded by the late Horst Weidenmüller The deal had been in the works before Horst Weidenmüller’s passing in February
News German collection society GEMA distributed $1.22bn to rightsholders in 2024, up 4.7% YoY Performance rights collections have seen a sharp spike amid tepid growth from online music