Here are some of my favorite stories of 2023…
Publishing:
Juice WRLD Catalog Quietly Sold to Opus Music Group for 9 Figures — Scoop (2/3/2023)
Metro Boomin Sells Portion of Publishing Catalog for Close to $70M — Scoop (3/7/2023)
Kobalt’s ‘Unpolished Gem’ Has Come to Collect — Inside AMRA’s Aggressive Growth Plan — Print (5/15/23)
What the Hollywood Strikes Mean for the $2B Music Synch Business (7/26/23)
Other Music Publishers Aren’t Experiencing Anything Like Hipgnosis’ Accounting Issue (10/20/23)
How Does Spotify’s New Royalty Model Affect Songwriters? (11/19/23)
These Indie Labels Are Offering Songwriters Points on Every Master (12/13/23)
Technology:
Music Creators Want Consent in the AI Age, But Developers Find Safe Havens Abroad (4/20/23)
How AI Brought Biggie Back from the Dead (5/11/23)
Dynamic Music Promises to Soundtrack Life on Demand and in Real Time — Print (5/18/23)
Songwriters Are Using AI to Sell An Artists Sound Back to Them With AI-Enhanced Pitch Records (8/1/23)
From AI to VR, These Are Music’s Top Investors in Technology — Print (10/20/23)
Techstars Music Is Shutting Down, What’s Next? — Exclusive, Print (10/20/23)
Soundful Partners with Artists to Create AI-Powered Type Beat Generator — Exclusive (11/8/23)
How Lauv Used AI to Translate His Latest Single Into Korean — Exclusive (11/8/23)
Artist Profiles:
Living The-Dream: Beyonce’s Close Collaborator on Renaissance and His Grammy Songwriter of the Year Nomination — Print (2/2/23)
How Lana Del Rey Became ‘Completely Unburdened’ on Ocean Blvd — Print (2/24/23)
In The Studio with Synth God Mike Dean — Print (10/6/23)
Ghostwriter, The Mastermind Behind the Viral Drake Song, Speaks Out for the First Time — Print, Digital Cover (10/11/23)
Legal:
Will Rick Astley’s Yung Gravy Lawsuit Dampen Pop’s Nostalgia Kick? (1/30/23)
MF DOOM Estate Sues Ex-Stones Throw Label Manager, Claiming He Stole Songwriting Notebooks (10/25/23)
YouTube Thieves Ordered to Pay $3 Million in Stolen Royalties Back to Bad Bunny, Julio Iglesias, and Other Latin Musicians — Scoop (11/20/23)