News Music Glue opens Vancouver office headed by Tom Maguire, amid ‘increase in demand’ for D2C services The office will be headed up by Music Glue’s Chief Product Manager, Tom Maguire
News Ned Monahan promoted to President at Joie Manda’s Encore Recordings; Jacob Fain named Head of A&R Fain comes to Encore from Elektra, and is known for signing artists such as Bailey Zimmerman and Leon Bridges
News Trump says a deal to save TikTok in the US will get done this week. Will Blackstone take a stake? The deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok's US operations is April 5, but the US president said he may extend it if necessary
News HYBE continues diversification drive as gaming division raises $21m in latest funding round HYBE IM aims to become 'a next-generation publisher delivering compelling content to gamers worldwide'
Analysis 5 million songs and $288m spent on catalogs: 8 Things We Learned from Universal Music Group’s 2024 Annual Report From the balance of catalog and frontline to granular financial details, MBW wades through a treasure trove of data
News With Kid Rock at his side, Trump signs executive order to curb ticket price gouging Live Nation welcomed the executive order despite its ongoing legal battle with the federal government over alleged violations of antitrust laws
News Udio, the startup sued by record companies last year, unveils tool to clone ‘sonic identity’ of existing songs Udio says its cloning technology “only supports uploads of content that users own or control"
News Merlin sues TikTok rival Triller for breach of contract over allegedly unpaid music licensing fees The digital music licensing org for indie record labels says short video platform Triller owes it $2.55 million
News Chance the Rapper’s big money legal battle with ex-manager headed to trial A judge in Illinois denied Chance's motion for summary judgment last week.
Interviews Robb McDaniels on Beatport’s growth plans, and why downloads still matter MBW's Trailblazers series meets Robb McDaniels, CEO of Beatport
News BABYMETAL ink global deal with Capitol Records, becoming the ‘first Japanese artist to sign a frontline deal with the label’ The group will release new album METAL FORTH, globally via Capitol Records on June 13
News CTS Eventim revenues soared 19.1% YoY to $3bn in 2024 “Rising demand, organic growth, ongoing synergies and a successful international acquisition policy are the pillars of our robust growth"
News European Union’s latest draft AI Code of Practice renders copyright ‘meaningless,’ rightsholders warn The third draft no longer requires AI companies to publish a copyright policy, and only “encourages” them to do so
Interviews ‘We’ve been blessed to work on things that have shifted culture.’ Mark Beaven on starting out as a DJ in some of New York's most storied clubs, working with Nirvana, helping establish the songwriter/producer management business, the nature of greatness, and the power of music
Analysis AI and the new Value Gap: Four actions to prevent songwriters from being sidelined MBW Views is a series of exclusive op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following op/ed comes from Ran Geffen Levy