News Universal Music Group and Meta ink new global deal, covering Facebook, Instagram… and WhatsAppDeal also covers Meta properties including Messenger, Horizon and Threads
News Meta’s new generative AI model can take chords or beats and turn them into songsThe company will make the model available to other developers to build tools from it
Music Business Jobs Meta Meta – Music & Content Strategy Lead (US)Must have 8+ years' experience in strategic planning and/or business & finance operations or equivalent in the technology or media spaceJob type: Licensing/RightsLocation: New York, United StatesApplications for this position have now closed.
News Meta just released an AI music generator that was trained on 20,000 hours of licensed musicResearchers at Facebook's parent company have developed an AI text-to-music generator called MusicGen
News Perry Bashkoff, Instagram’s Director of Music Partnerships, exits amid job cuts at parent company MetaIn a recent LinkedIn post, Bashkoff confirmed that he was one of those affected by Meta’s layoffs
News Music by Italian songwriters returns to Facebook and Instagram after ‘transitional’ deal with MetaMusic represented by SIAE, the main collecting society for tens of thousands of songwriters in Italy, returns to Meta platforms
News Italy’s competition watchdog orders Meta to resume negotiations with collecting society SIAEItaly’s competition watchdog has taken interim measures against Facebook Meta over a dispute with songwriter licensing body SIAE
Analysis News Meta launches latest round of layoffs, as company’s market cap value reboundsRound of layoffs announced in March began on Tuesday (April 18), according to reports
News Meta faces competition probe in Italy after pulling music by Italian songwriters from its platformsInvestigation launched over Meta's handling of licensing negotiations with the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers
Analysis News In a shock move, Meta has pulled music by Italian songwriters from its platforms. Is this connected to Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Year of Efficiency’?A mega dispute is brewing in Italy between music publishers and Mark Zuckerberg's Meta
News From YouTube’s 80m Music and Premium subs to Meta’s 11,000 layoffs… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpOur biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Mark Zuckerberg makes 11,000 layoffs at MetaMove was announced by Zuckerberg on Wednesday, November 9
News Facebook parent Meta asks court to dismiss Epidemic Sound’s $142m lawsuitEpidemic Sound sued Meta in July for alleged infringement
News Kobalt makes up with Meta: New deal struck to license 700,000 songs for Facebook'We’re pleased to announce that Kobalt’s repertoire is once again licensed on Meta Platforms in the US,' states memo obtained by MBW