Meta appears to have not just opened a can of worms, but tipped that can all over itself, with its music-licensing dispute in Italy. The post Italian watchdog AGCM investigates Meta over its music dispute appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Meta has yet to comment publicly, but music publishing organisations have been weighing in to support SIAE. ICMP is one of them. The post ICMP and IMPF back SIAE in controversy over Meta music removals appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Since going public, streaming service Deezer has been outlining its strategy for growth, including good B2B partnerships. The post Deezer reveals its latest B2B partner: DAZN in Italy appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Italy was the tenth biggest recorded music market in the world last year according to the IFPI, buoyed by a 27.8% increase in revenues. The post Italy’s recorded music revenues up 18.3% in first half of 2022 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Recorded music income in Italy rose 34% in the first half of 2021, with subscription revenue up 41%. More importantly, perhaps, Enzo Mazza, CEO of Italian recorded music body FIMI, says that Italy made “an incredible jump” in the transition to digital consumption during the pandemic. “In one year Italy reached a penetration in the […]

Italy made a great leap in the transition to digital music during the pandemic. Now its music industry is growing strongly.   The post Country Profile – Italy 2021 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

Recorded music revenue in Italy increased 6.7% in the first nine months of the year, according to recorded music body FIMI, with streaming up 28%, a result that suggests the streaming-led revival is having a lasting impact in one of Europe’s most stubbornly analogue markets. Italy, the subject of our latest Country Profile, ranks 24th out […]

Italy’s digital music take-up lags behind most of its EU neighbours with only 1.5 million premium streaming subscribers. Nonetheless, that’s still a jump of 0.5m in less than a year and streaming is enjoying growth The post Country Profile – Italy 2019 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally

It’s been a while since we’ve checked in with ticketing startup Dice – in March, when the company launched in the US. Now it’s expanding again, this time to Italy. Dice’s app is now live there, complete with an exclusive deal to sell tickets for FKA Twigs’ next Milan concert in November. Dice also says […]

Something you won’t hear very much at a music-industry conference in 2019: people talking about piracy. Something you will hear a fair bit: people talking about how streaming has successfully seen off piracy as an existential worry for the industry. No wonder the ‘value gap’ has been a much more prominent debate among rightsholders and […]

Apple Music’s iOS app appears to be getting a spring-clean ahead of tonight’s big services press-launch from its parent company. 9 to 5 Mac reported that the app’s ‘Browse’ screen has been freshened up. “Previously, the Browse tab was laid out with a single horizontally-scrolling carousel of featured content and then a list of navigation options, […]