News Apollo leads $700m investment into Sony Music Group partnership. (It’s a kind of magic!) Sources told MBW earlier this month that Apollo had co-funded Sony's takeover of Queen's catalog
Analysis News From Universal Music’s Q2 results to Spotify’s new ‘deluxe’ tier… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Confirmed: Hipgnosis Songs Fund to delist from stock exchange this month, completing Blackstone takeover Hipgnosis Songs Fund will officially delist from the London Stock Exchange
News Spotify co-founder cashes out $85.8m in stock after streamer posts record profit… as songwriters brace for $150m royalty cut this year Spotify exec shareholders have wasted little time cashing out stock following the company's share price bounce
Interviews ‘Our vision is to build a full service, independent publishing company that can compete with the best.’ MBW's Trailblazers series meets Range Music Publishing execs Casey Robison and Sam Drake
News Maximilian Kolb exits role as BMG’s EVP Repertoire and Marketing, Continental Europe Kolb joined BMG in 2012 as an A&R manager
News Chris York, one of the UK’s top concert promoters, has died at the age of 55 following a long illness SJM Concerts' Chris York worked with Oasis, Foo Fighters, Green Day, the Chemical Brothers, Lily Allen, Massive Attack, Robert Plant and many other superstars
News Primary Wave strikes multi-million dollar music rights deal with Steve Porcaro of Toto Porcaro wrote some of and performed on all of the band’s repertoire
News Small events platform Posh raises $22M in Series A round The platform focused on intimate gatherings has raised $31 million so far, according to news reports
News Mushroom CEO signals ‘new era’ for Australia-headquartered indie powerhouse, as company consolidates recording, publishing and neighbouring rights divisions New Mushroom Music will be spearheaded by co-CEOs Chris Maund and Linda Bosidis
News Audiomack launches ‘Sponsored Songs’ for artists as alternative to streaming fraud "You can buy a billion streams and make it look like you’ve made it, but what does that number mean if you can't... build a genuine fanbase?”
News Steven Gringer elevated to Senior Vice President of A&R at PULSE Music Group Gringer has worked with the likes of Gabe Simon, Angel Lopez and Manuel Lara
News Apple Music launches Apple Classical Top 100 global chart Apple's one-year-old app for classical music has been a "huge hit" with fans of the genre
Analysis News Universal Music generated $3.15bn in Q2 – driven by top sellers Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, SEVENTEEN and more Universal Music Group has published its financial results for the three months to the end of June
News YouTube ad revenues jump 13% to $8.7B in Q2, but fall short of analysts’ expectations The video streamer's advertising earnings miss sent Alphabet shares down on Wednesday
News Influence Media launches frontline label, SLANG, led by Partner and founding Advisor, Rene McLean SLANG’s roster includes superstars Will Smith and 30 Roc
News India’s Tips Music clocked 40% revenue growth in calendar Q2 The company's massive increase in revenue and profit comes amid an ongoing boom in India's music business
News Bob Bruderman promoted to Chief Digital Officer at Kobalt Having joined the company in 2013, Bruderman most recently served as Kobalt's EVP, Global Digital Business