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A few of the most interesting stats printed in IFPI‘s most recent Global Music Report concerned Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The SSA region was the fastest-growing recorded music region globally for the second consecutive year in 2023 and was also the only region globally to surpass 20% growth. Recorded music revenues in SSA were up 24.7% YoY in … Continued Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/african-music-will-keep-growing-and-making-waves-globally-our-sound-is-unique-and-the-world-is-hungry-for-it/

Charli XCX called it “anti-marketing.” MBW columnist Diana Umana argues it’s a structural shift that the biggest artists have already caught on to… Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-intimacy-economy-why-music-stars-are-going-small/

"Patient Zero" went to the VMAs, Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music before YouTube got it on September 29. TikTok's hub followed a day later. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tiktok-builds-a-taylor-swift-patient-zero-hub-as-her-video-rollout-keeps-skipping-youtube/

whynow is a London-headquartered media and commerce company Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/embargoed-warner-sells-emp-the-merch-business-it-acquired-for-180m-in-2018-to-whynow-owned-by-mick-jaggers-son-gabe-jagger/

US federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that an AI company's copying of protected material to build its training data was not fair use. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/us-appeals-court-rejects-fair-use-defense-over-ai-training-as-thomson-reuters-wins-copyright-case-backed-by-riaa-and-nmpa/

Both appointments are effective immediately, Music Services said on Tuesday (September 29). Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sesac-music-groups-music-services-division-appoints-nick-lapointe-senior-director-of-business-development-jay-sudarma-promoted-to-vp-of-marketing/