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As Spotify lowers monetization threshold for podcasters, should it increase payout barrier for music artists?

Is Spotify spreading its royalty pool across too many artists?One music industry strategist thinks so, arguing in a provocative new essay that the...

Tennessee theater professor reinstated, with $500,000 settlement, after losing his job over a Charlie Kirk-related social media post

Austin Peay State University has reinstated a professor who was fired for his social media post after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk....

Trump’s Greenland mining plan would cost ‘billions upon billions’ spent over decades, experts say

When President Donald Trump entered his second term, he renewed his 2019 vow to take over Greenland. But what started as a seemingly...

Big Tech may only get half the profit it needs to justify AI investment, Goldman warns

The S&P 500 hit a new record high yesterday, up 0.62% at 6,944.82. Futures are marginally down this morning, as might be expected...

Live Nation acquires Paris La Défense Arena, Europe’s largest indoor venue

Live Nation has announced it’s acquiring Paris’ La Défense Arena in a deal the concert giant says will “bring more shows, upgraded facilities...

On… Parrots and predictions. – Music Business Worldwide

MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment events or news stories. Only MBW+ subscribers have...

Crude oil prices rise after Maduro ouster as Wall Street braces for jobs data

Stock futures and oil prices edged higher on Sunday evening as investors began to digest the implications of the U.S. military raid on...

Before Maduro ouster, Nobel Prize winner said Venezuela has a $1.7 trillion opportunity

Months before the U.S. military arrested Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, opposition leader María Corina Machado called for what she described as the most ambitious...

Elon Musk promised a ‘major rebound’ for Tesla in 2025. Instead it fell behind its biggest rival from China

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S....

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