British rock veterans Iron Maiden have become the latest artist to strike a wide-ranging rights deal with Swedish company Pophouse, joining Kiss, Cyndi Lauper, Swedish House Mafia and the late Tina Turner and Avicii in its portfolio.
Author Archives: Stuart Dredge
Music Ally's Head of Insight
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Mogul links with Claude and ChatGPT through its new MCP server
We last wrote about royalty-management startup Mogul in February when it raised a $5m funding round. Now it has become the latest company to launch a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to play nicely with AI assistants.
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My Chemical Romance join TikTok after 1.4bn ‘Teenagers’ views
Welcome to the, ahem, ‘Tok parade. Emo veterans My Chemical Romance have bitten the bullet and joined TikTok with an official account, which already has more than 425,000 followers a couple of days after it went live.
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Report predicts $56.8bn of annual recorded-music sales by 2030
Research firm Omdia has published its latest predictions for the growth of the global recorded-music market.
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Nearly 2.2m fans showed up for Madonna’s TikTok livestream
We reported last month on plans for a TikTok ‘House of Confessions’ livestream on 2 July to celebrate Madonna’s new album. Now we know how many fans tuned in.
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Paid social promo for music is common. Disclosures? Not so much
We’ve heard plenty of chat in recent weeks about how paid promo on TikTok and Instagram is Just What You Have To Do To Cut Through when it comes to marketing artists.
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‘Michael’ is first biopic to hit $1bn box-office milestone
It’s fair to say that the critical response to Michael Jackson biopic ‘Michael’ was… mixed. But the bums-on-seats response from fans in cinemas has surpassed all expectations.
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South Korean bill would require ‘pre-screening’ of music releases
There are arguments afoot in South Korea this week due to a proposed amendment to the country’s Music Industry Promotion Act by the ruling party.
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UK’s Heritage Live festivals cancelled due to ‘impossible’ finances
Heritage Live was a well-established series of music festivals in the UK held on historical country estates, with this year’s lineups including Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson, Lionel Richie, Scissor Sisters, The Streets and Richard Ashcroft.
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Amazon Music is turning streams into ‘Get Blue’ donations
‘Get Blue’ is a campaign run by Water·org to expand access to safe water around the world. Now it’s getting an additional splash of support from Amazon Music.
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The next social-media ban for children could be Europe-wide
Our coverage of social-media bans for under-13s – and the impact it might have for the music industry – continues with strong hints that the European Commission may soon announce its own plans along those lines.
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UK government launches ‘Turn It Up: Our Plan for Music’
As it awaits the appointment of a new prime minister, the UK’s government has announced ‘Turn It Up: Our Plan for Music’.
