News Universal Music Group expands global portfolio of retail stores for superfans, with new shop locations in New York and London The UMusic Shop NY opens Wednesday, December 10 at 2 Penn Plaza. The London store opens on Tuesday, December 16, in Camden Town
News Jeff Sosnow named President of Warner’s Reprise Records Sosnow will oversee the "next chapter of Reprise," while continuing to guide A&R strategy for Warner Records
News Patrick Moxey’s publishing company resolves long-running legal dispute with Sony Music and Ultra Records The two parties closed out both trademark case and a related copyright infringement complaint that date back to 2012.
News Nicole Thomas promoted to Managing Director of Virgin Music Group South Africa Virgin Music South Africa also recently extended its long-term partnership with Gallo Record Company
Analysis The true cost of ‘Free’ music The following MBW op/ed comes from Frederic Schindler, founder of music supervision company Too Young Ltd. and the licensing platform Catalog
News ABBA Voyage has had a $2.7bn economic impact in the UK since 2022 opening, says report In 2025 alone, the concert experience added £660 million ($878m) in UK turnover compared with £1.40 billion ($1.86bn) in the first two years combined.
News Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ Die With a Smile is Vevo’s most watched music video in 2025 with 932m global views; JENNIE records biggest premiere with 33.4m views in first 14 days On Vevo’s premiere charts, South Korean artist JENNIE's Like JENNIE recorded the most views globally in its first 14 days at 33.4 million.
News China’s Modern Sky strikes partnership with Steel Wool Entertainment, including a strategic investment, to expand operations in the US Steel Wool will also assist Modern Sky in supporting independent artists seeking international reach.
News Reactional Music taps MusicInfra to build ‘next-generation’ rights management platform for gaming 'Music’s use has exploded across platforms and devices, which means that traditional frameworks and the supporting infrastructure must evolve...'
Analysis News MDLBEAST’s Nada Alhelabi and Mazen Khamis talk Soundstorm 2025, XP Music Futures, and growth in MENA’s music business Mazen Khamis, Executive Director of Marketing, Commercial, and Products at MDLBEAST on organizing large-scale music events in Saudi Arabia
News Craig Kallman appointed Chief Music Officer of Warner Music Group A&R veteran will continue to sign new artists to Big Beat
News Great Mountain Partners launches $600m fund to invest in music and other media GMP's new fund is seeking 'opportunities at the intersection of premium content, audiences, and new monetization models'
News Darya Pourshasb, ex-Spotify Global Head of Premium Content, named Chief Marketing Officer of Believe, as company acquires her music marketing platform ampd Method Pourshasb previously served as Global Head of Premium Content at Spotify
News Laura Segura named Executive Director at She Is The Music Segura joins SITM after spending five years at MusiCares, where she led relief initiatives that distributed more than $51 million to music professionals.
News Spotify launches music videos in the US and Canada for Premium users The feature will reach all Premium users in both countries by the end of the month.