BMI's songwriter payout and Universal's investment into HYBE's WeVerse: Talking Trends

On this episode of Music Business Worldwide's Talking Trends, MBW
founder, Tim Ingham, is joined once again by Charlie
D'Atri, to discuss two key recent headlines from the world of
entertainment: (1) BMI's $100 million payout to songwriters
following its acquisition by New Mountain Capital; (2) Universal
Music Group's investment into HYBE's 'superfan' app,
WeVerse.

People and companies mentioned on this Talking Trends podcast
include: BMI, ASCAP, Google, Spotify, New Mountain Capital, BMG,
Kobalt, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Sir Lucian Grainge,
HYBE, Scooter Braun, Shopify,  David Bianchi, Goldman Sachs,
Live Nation, Ticketmaster, Vivendi, SeeTickets, WeVerse, and
more.