News SoundCloud enters artist development JV with Kei Henderson’s Third & Hayden SoundCloud says this new JV is part of its 'roster' business
News VEVO DSCVR Artists To Watch 2023: FLO, GloRilla, piri + tommy, Ayra Starr Introducing the first batch of artists on Vevo's influential Artists To Watch 2023 list
News Taylor Swift fans sue Ticketmaster over The Eras Tour presale Lawsuit alleges that 'Ticketmaster intentionally and knowingly allowed scalpers and bots access' to the presale
Interviews Jay Marciano on streaming, Coachella, macro-economics – and why ‘everyone’s a genius in a bull market’ The AEG Presents boss discusses the future for the live business in the face of a potential recessionary year for the wider world
News Warner’s WMX expands into connected-TV space with three music channels on Roku Channel The new are channels are WMX Pop, WMX Rock, and WMX Hip-Hop
News SiriusXM explores job cuts on slowing revenue growth (Report) Firm warned of potential job cuts in a November 28 town hall with employees, according to Bloomberg
News SM Entertainment to establish Southeast Asian HQ in Singapore The plan was confirmed by the entertainment firm to CNBC on December 1
Analysis News From Bad Bunny’s 18.5bn Spotify streams to Universal acquiring a 49% stake in [PIAS]… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
Analysis News Music audio streams just crossed the 1 trillion mark for the first time ever in a single year in the US US market monitor Luminate reports total US music streams figure for 2022
News Dani Oliva appointed VP of Business and Legal Affairs at Venice Music Prior to joining Venice, Oliva founded Oliva Law Group, P.C. in 2017
News Boomplay strikes partnership with France’s Generations Radio to promote African music Partnership will see the launch of the 'Top Africa Charts show' to promote African music and spotlight African artists
News Jamar Chess launches investment group to buy Latin Music rights The firm's first deal, via Wahoo Music Fund One, is a 50% stake in the publishing and recording catalogs of Oro Solido
News With more than 18.5bn streams in 2022, Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist globally for third straight year Streaming giant unveils its Spotify Wrapped feature and stats for 2022
News Prime Video documentary about SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man in the works Film will reportedly be produced by production company This Machine
News ATC Management names trio of new manager partners Brandon Sanchez, Jordan Alper and Ben Rafson join company’s newly opened New York office
News Tech start-up Logcast unveils Spotify integration that lets creators charge for talk content Logcast investors include San Francisco-based VC firm Goodwater Capital
News [PIAS] founders explain why they sold 49% of their company to UMG: ‘The battle lines in our industry have been redrawn.’ Universal Music Group confirmed its acquisition of a minority investment in [PIAS] earlier today
News Record labels welcome UK competition authority report on streaming, as Merck Mercuriadis slams CMA for not using ‘powers they have to fix the problems they identify’ Streaming market study report receives mixed response from the music industry