News From Zebralution’s acquisition to $200M indie funding sprees… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Kevin Weaver promoted to President, Atlantic Music Group He will oversee 'high-impact opportunities' across the AMG roster
News Sony Music buys 49% stake in music unit of Vietnam media giant YeaH1; companies launch new SYE Holdings joint venture SME, through Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong, agreed to acquire a 49% stake in YeaH1-owned 1Label for an undisclosed sum last month.
News Todd Horvath joins BMI as President and Chief Operating Officer He joins BMI from Equifax, where he served as President of US Information Solutions.
News Andre ‘Dre’ Harris Signs Worldwide Publishing Deal with Warner Chappell Music The Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer joins WCM following recent chart success with Kehlani’s “Folded”
News Bruno Mars pulls record 12.8m concurrent users to Roblox concert The 16x Grammy winner's Steal a Brainrot performance set a new single artist record for most watched virtual concert.
News Too Lost projects nine-figure annual revenue haul for 2026, after adding 100k new artists and labels last year Company forecasts a nine-figure annual revenue haul for the second consecutive year.
News Zac Fox upped to CEO at DEAG’s Kilimanjaro Live Fox succeeds the DEAG-backed company's founder Stuart Galbraith, who will focus on parent company KMJ.
Analysis News Half of all paid music streams globally still take place in just 4 countries (and other highlights from Luminate’s latest report). Forty-four percent of music listeners in the US say they're less likely to be interested in a song if they know it's AI-generated, Luminate reports
Interviews 5 questions with… Kenny McGoff The Kobalt exec sits down to tackle our quick-fire new interview series
News Dr. Richard James Burgess and son Ace Burgess launch data analytics firm for royalty recovery The new ventures, AudioNumber and Interline Media Group, combine data intelligence with publishing administration services.
News Erik Brataas appointed Norway MD/Head of Northern European Administration at peermusic The experienced music executive brings more than 30 years of experience in the Norwegian music market.
News Live Nation acquires again in Latin America, buying majority stake in Bizarro Peru The deal further reinforces Live Nation's 'long-term commitment to building live entertainment across Latin America'
News Audrey Benoualid promoted to Equity Partner at law firm Myman Greenspan The move makes Benoualid the youngest equity partner in the firm’s history.
News Cyndi Lauper, Bonnie Raitt and other artists join AI licensing campaign: ‘Stealing isn’t innovation’ The campaign was launched by the Human Artistry Campaign, a coalition formed in 2023 by the RIAA and NMPA.
News Believe UK and Tileyard Music form JV label Tenace Records, led by Co-Presidents Charlie Arme & Michael Harwood Former Universal Marketing Director Chris Dashwood appointed GM.
News TikTok shutdown order for Canada overturned by court Industry Minister Mélanie Joly will have to conduct a new national security review of the ByteDance-owned platform.
News Audiomack tops 50 million monthly active users globally The company has reached the milestone after posting 31% year-over-year growth in 2025.