News Christiaan Kröner promoted to President at FUGA His promotion follows Pieter van Rijn’s recent move to the role of President, Downtown Music.
Interviews News With fresh eight-figure financing, and a new CEO, Napster wants to take Web3 music to the mainstream MBW interviews Napster's new CEO Jon Vlassopulos
Interviews ‘A one size fits all approach in music is holding back creativity.’ Corite COO Emelie Olsson discusses the future of the platform, the evolution of audience-power in music, Web3 and much more besides
Interviews ‘Chocolate City is a safe haven for creatives.’ MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Abuchi Ugwu, CEO of Nigeria-based record label Chocolate City
News Apple pulls apps owned by Russian tech giant VK from app store, including music service VK Music VK apps are no longer available to download on iPhones
News Universal buys majority stake in India-based TM Ventures, which manages superstars Arijit Singh and Badshah TM Ventures was formed by Indian entrepreneur Tarsame Mittal
News VR concert startup AmazeVR raises $17m, with Korea’s CJ Entertainment joining as strategic investor Past investors re-up interests, including Mirae Asset Capital, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, CJ Investment, Smilegate Investment and others
News Orlando Wharton named EVP of Capitol Music Group and President of Priority Records CMG to relaunch the Priority label
News After hitting 50m users, BandLab launches premium profile-boosting tool at $14.99 a month New tool will allow users to promote their music by turning their posts into featured ads
News Hume attracts $11.7m in funding to grow roster of Web3 artists Investment firm TCG Crypto led the funding round
News Mr. Probz says he’s filed a ‘multi-million-euro’ lawsuit against Sony for allegedly withholding royalties Mr. Probz and his record label Left Lane say that they've filed a lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment in Amsterdam
News Kebu Commissiong, Carlos Escalona Cruz, Matt DuFour and Lou Plaia named A&R Directors at Sentric New hires follow Sentric’s move into North America
News Triller settles lawsuit filed by Timbaland and Swizz Beatz over Verzuz payments Lawsuit was filed against Triller in August
News Deezer vows to turn profitable by 2025 as H1 losses shrink by €8.8m Company lost 300,000 subscribers in H1
News Music execs John Leahy and Rupert King move to full-time artist management roles at Blue Raincoat Execs transition to Blue Raincoat Artists, the artist management division of Blue Raincoat Music
News Napster hires Roblox former Global Head of Music, Jon Vlassopulos, as CEO Company has also announced a new funding round
Analysis News From Robert Kyncl joining WMG as CEO, to the US record industry’s $7.7bn in H1… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Believe makes series of leadership hires and promotions in Southeast Asia Believe says that these new executive appointments 'are central to capitalize on the growth trajectory across the region'