News From Chord Music Partners’ $2 billion+ raise to UMG’s Drake lawsuit drama… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past seven days... all in one place
News Mom+Pop names Zoe Barton EVP of Digital, Viral, Commerce & Marketing Barton joins Mom+Pop from ORIGIN, where she served as General Manager and Head of Creative
Analysis News Bubble superfan app, concerts, merch are accelerating Tencent Music’s growth… as company expands beyond streaming What we learned from TME's Q2 earnings call this week – and what is suggests about the future of music
News Netease Cloud Music sees 15.2% YoY growth in subscription streaming revenue in H1, amid focus on indie artists, in-house music China's second-largest music streamer saw an overall decline in revenue due to continued weakness in social entertainment services
Interviews Katie Kang developed K-Pop superstars in South Korea. Now, as CEO of TITAN Content, she’s launching girl group AtHeart in LA… with global ambitions MBW's World Leaders series meets Katie Kang, CEO of Los Angeles-headquartered K-Pop company TITAN Content
News Eminem’s ‘Stans’ documentary to stream on Paramount, starting August 26 The film will initially be available to Paramount+ viewers in the US, Canada, Latin America and Brazil
News Daryl Hall and John Oates quietly resolve legal dispute Daryl Hall's attorneys secured a final judgment in arbitration and lodged an order for a Nashville judge to dismiss the case
News Taylor Swift shares details about upcoming album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ on New Heights podcast ahead of October release Swift reveals details about new album on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast
News Lorena Cabral, Daniela Gutiérrez promoted at Downtown Artist & Label Services, as firm expands presence in Música Mexicana DA&LS recently expanded its collaboration with Genesis Records to include the catalog of Mexican singer-songwriter Edgardo Nuñez
Interviews ‘We’re building the market-making infrastructure for the music business’ SourceAudio co-founder, Andrew Harding, talks sync, AI licensing, and the future of the business
Analysis News JYP Entertainment profit soars in Q2, helped by Stray Kids tour, Kpop Demon Hunters The Korean music company's blockbuster earnings even got a little help from ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’
News Emerging markets and M&A exec Alfonso Perez Soto departs Warner after 20 years Widely respected exec leaves his latest post as EVP, Corporate Development
News Austen Adams appointed President of Warner Chappell Music Nashville Respected executive joins the company from Big Loud
News Kobalt inks direct licensing deal with Spotify in the US The agreement marks Spotify's latest direct deal with a prominent music publisher and moves its agreement with Kobalt beyond the traditional CRB model in the US
News Drake demands to see Kendrick Lamar contract details in discovery battle with Universal Music Group Drake is seeking to compel UMG to produce Sir Lucian Grainge's custodial files and an unredacted version of Kendrick Lamar's recording contract
News Waymo integrates Spotify into robotaxis across three US cities Waymo riders can either link their account before booking through the Waymo app, or scanning a QR code from the car’s screen during transit.
News StubHub updates IPO filing showing growing losses despite revenue gain The company incurred a wider net loss of $35.9 million in Q1, versus $29.7 million last year.
News Music publishers allege Anthropic used BitTorrent to pirate copyrighted lyrics Anthropic may face a new allegation from music companies: That it not only downloaded, but distributed lyrics without permission