News Tencent Music gets new CEO as Cussion Pang takes new role Zhu Liang (Ross Liang) appointed as Chief Executive Officer
News African music service uduX launches PopRev, an investment platform that lets fans buy shares in artists’ music Platform to launch in partnership with Nigeria-based FinTech firm PiggyVest
News Warner Music Asia launches Pan-Asian dance label, Whet Records First signing is producer and DJ Lizzy Wang
News Reservoir to list on the NASDAQ via SPAC merger with $788m valuation Reservoir has spent $400m on catalog acquisitions to date – and says it's going to keep on buying
News Triller has a new CEO… having just acquired 3 companies in 5 weeks Amplify.ai co-founder and CEO Mahi de Silva named CEO of TrillerNet, as Mike Lu transitions to role of President
News Sherri Sosa joins Live Nation to oversee portfolio of 100+ venues in the US Exec hired as President of Venue Nation
Interviews UnitedMasters’ Steve Stoute: ‘Record companies’ ownership in artists’ intellectual property will diminish.’ Steve Stoute tells MBW about what Apple's investment means for UnitedMasters and gives us his predictions for the future role of record labels in the music industry...
News After selling stake to Live Nation, Veeps equips 60+ US venues with livestream technology Venues to get new tech include The Fillmore in San Francisco and Philadelphia, House of Blues in Chicago and New Orleans, The Wiltern in Los Angeles
News Cooking Vinyl launches catalog division with ‘aggressive acquisition policy’, headed by Steve Bunyan New department will be headed up by catalog industry veteran Steve Bunyan
Analysis ‘Popularity is by far the biggest determinant of success in streaming, just as it has been for every recorded format before it.’ The BPI's Geoff Taylor puts across his point of view on the UK's current streaming inquiry
Interviews ‘Creators are starting to see the true value in retaining ownership of their work.’ Sound Royalties founder Alex Heiche on the catalog acquisition market and what he’d change about the music business
News Brooke Salisbury promoted to General Manager of Warner’s ADA in the UK Exec joined ADA UK as Marketing Director in 2020
Blog How to fix streaming without wrecking music… This MBW blog comes from Paul Pacifico, CEO of the UK's Association of Independent Music (AIM)
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: BMG x KKR, CTM, Universal, Eliah Seton, Matt Gudinski The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Clubhouse users can now pay money to creators, and the app gets 0% of it Invite-only social app has launched a direct payments feature