News BMG just booked out one of Germany’s most prestigious theaters every night till the end of 2024 Today's news comes two years after BMG bought a majority stake in local live music promoter, Undercover
News Two thirds of TikTok’s viral hits are sparked by organic content, with no spend on advertising or influencers (report) Creative consulting agency ContraBrand publishes report on How Artists are Going Viral on TikTok in 2022
News The Weeknd-backed personalized song creation startup Songfinch raises $17m in Series A round Latest round brings the company’s total funding to-date to $21.8 million
News Get ready for Netflix series about Spotify, a ‘fictionalized account’ of the streaming platform’s rise Series to be released on Netflix on October 13
News Warner Music Group partners with NFT marketplace OpenSea to expand Web3 opportunities for its artists Collaboration to allow 'select WMG artists to build and extend their fan communities in Web3'
News Facebook parent Meta asks court to dismiss Epidemic Sound’s $142m lawsuit Epidemic Sound sued Meta in July for alleged infringement
Analysis Blog Music in the Metaverse: Redefining music rights in the Web3 world The following MBW op/ed comes from Deborah Mannis-Gardner, Owner/President, DMG Clearances, and a global expert on music rights clearances.
News PRS for Music to launch free portal providing access to songwriter credits and industry identifiers New tool will let songwriters, composers and music publishers search and download key data about their works
News Christiaan Kröner promoted to President at FUGA His promotion follows Pieter van Rijn’s recent move to the role of President, Downtown Music.
Interviews News With fresh eight-figure financing, and a new CEO, Napster wants to take Web3 music to the mainstream MBW interviews Napster's new CEO Jon Vlassopulos
Interviews ‘A one size fits all approach in music is holding back creativity.’ Corite COO Emelie Olsson discusses the future of the platform, the evolution of audience-power in music, Web3 and much more besides
Interviews ‘Chocolate City is a safe haven for creatives.’ MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Abuchi Ugwu, CEO of Nigeria-based record label Chocolate City
News Apple pulls apps owned by Russian tech giant VK from app store, including music service VK Music VK apps are no longer available to download on iPhones
News Pophouse Entertainment buys 75% of Avicii master recordings and publishing Firm also forms JV with late EDM star's family
News Universal buys majority stake in India-based TM Ventures, which manages superstars Arijit Singh and Badshah TM Ventures was formed by Indian entrepreneur Tarsame Mittal
Analysis Interviews News New $100m-backed fund launches to buy catalogs in Asia, led by industry veteran Chee Meng Tan and ex-Universal Music China MD Garand Wu Singapore-based music fund launches with initial raise of USD $100m
News VR concert startup AmazeVR raises $17m, with Korea’s CJ Entertainment joining as strategic investor Past investors re-up interests, including Mirae Asset Capital, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, CJ Investment, Smilegate Investment and others
News Orlando Wharton named EVP of Capitol Music Group and President of Priority Records CMG to relaunch the Priority label