News Jenn Hovick named Vice President of Artist and Label Development at AWAL Hovick joined AWAL in 2018 to lead the company’s B2B business
News Wise Music Group acquires Italy-based publisher Baby Angel Music BAM catalog contains over 15,000 songs
News Anghami set for NASDAQ listing as SPAC shareholders approve merger Proposed merger with Vistas Media Acquisition Company values Anghami at $220m
News Spanish competition authority to open antitrust case against authors society SGAE Investigation launched at the request of Unison
News Three judges decide what Spotify, Apple, and YouTube Music pay songwriters in the US. One of those roles is now up for grabs. Successful applicant will succeed Chief Judge Jesse Feder who stepped down in November
News ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus launches new radio show on Apple Music Inaugural episode features Nile Rodgers
News Reservoir acquires publishing and recorded music catalogs of country star Travis Tritt Tritt has achieved more than 30 million career album sales
News Songtrust makes raft of new executive hires and promotions Virginie Berger joins Songtrust as SVP, Global Publishing & Society Relations. John Levy joins as SVP, Technology
News Regard Music joins independent licensing agency IMPEL O’Malley is a former COO of Global Music Rights
News Ingrooves expands into Iceland with acquisition of label and distributor Alda Music Alda CEO Sölvi Blöndal will continue to lead the company's team in Reykjavík
News Warner Music launches new label, EH Brasil Samuel Pedro and Vinicius Lamournier Lopes De Araujo to head up imprint
Analysis News From Sony’s big merch move to Hipgnosis buying Kenny Chesney’s royalties: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the week – and why they matterv
News Nas joins $20m investment round in Africa-based mobile games publisher Carry1st Company was founded by Cordel Robbin-Coker, Lucy Hoffman, Tinotenda Mundangepfupfu in 2018
Analysis News Inflation is skyrocketing. Surely Spotify must finally put up its $9.99 monthly price. MBW Reacts: Our team's music biz-centric take on soaring inflation in the US