News From Sony and Warner’s calendar Q1 results to TikTok’s A&R recruitment drive: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News BMG and Warner competing for Pink Floyd catalog, which could fetch more than Bruce Springsteen’s $500m+ deal (report) FT reports that bids are flying in above the half-billion-dollar mark
Analysis News At $4.9bn, Peloton’s market cap value has plunged to just 10% of what it was in January 2021 Stat Of The Week: Spotify isn't the only music-related tech giant with a rapidly sinking share price
News BMG Chief Operating Officer Benjamin Katovsky exits Katovsky has served as Chief Operating Officer since July 2018
News Ghostly International and Secretly form All Flowers Group All Flowers Group will be the parent company of Ghostly and the newly launched hip-hop and r&b label, drink sum wtr
News Warner’s ADA Worldwide forms JV with independent label and creative agency, Big.Ass.Kids Company was founded by le’Roy Benros in 2021
News As ByteDance IPO rumors resurface, TikTok hires for A&R execs in London and LA to ‘sign’ new artists Job ads for A&R Managers pop up in London, Los Angeles and Sao Paulo (Brazil).
Analysis Blog ‘What is currently an opaque black box of song royalties, needs to be transformed into a glass box.’ The following op/ed comes from Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive of the UK's Music Managers Forum
Interviews Gunnar Greve: Alan Walker, the metaverse, and why Web3 will ‘completely change the music industry’ Alan Walker's manager and co-composer on the future of the music business – and breaking China
News The Chainsmokers are giving away a share of their streaming royalties for free, via Justin Blau’s NFT platform Royal Royal says The Chainsmokers will be making 5,000 NFTs that represent a collective 1% of their new album’s streaming royalties
News YouTube’s Q1 ad revenue was more than double what Spotify made across its entire business in Q1 YouTube's advertising revenues reached $6.87 billion in Q1 2022
News Brandon Silverstein’s S10 Films strikes partership with Simon Fuller S10 Films has several scripted and un-scripted projects in active development across TV, documentary, and audio mediums
Analysis News Snapchat owner sued by Swiss collection society for ‘refusing to pay authors and publishers for music on its platform’ SESAC applaud's SUISA's efforts to take Snap Inc to task over alleged copyright infringement
News Sonos is officially launching its own voice assistant The Sonos 'Voice Control' assistant will be available for US customers on June 1
News As rap continues to rule the charts in Germany, Apple Music expands Charlie Sloth’s Fire in the Booth freestyle series into the market Fire In The Booth Germany will be presented by DJ Maxxx