News YouTube Music sponsors BRIT Awards, calling show a ‘lightning rod for artist successes’'We’ve been the international livestream partner for the previous five years and have delivered some incredible numbers.'
Interviews Ditto: ‘We have the same level setup as a major – but we offer better deals.’Founder Lee Parsons says Ditto label services revenues grew 30% last year in new MBW interview
News Colin Barlow returns to music industry with Merrystar company and other new venturesRespected exec talks label, publishing, management and more
Interviews ‘The best artist managers are constantly learning and constantly growing.’Andrew Gertler is interviewed in MBW's World's Greatest Managers series
Interviews ‘Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever make a living out of music.’Clarence Spalding on his career, his life – and managing the biggest country artists on earth
Interviews ‘Record labels are like Donald Trump… scared artists are making dumb albums, singing stupid songs.’Next year, Linda Perry says she'll revolutionize the music business. Today, she'll settle for tearing it a new one.
Interviews ‘Songwriters should be prepared to go through a lot of stuff to get to the real thing.’Motown songwriting royalty Valerie Simpson is our latest World's Greatest Songwriters interviewee
Interviews How to manage The Rolling Stones: ‘If you start taking it for granted, that’s doomsday.’Joyce Smith, manager of The Rolling Stones, on being in the center of the storm
Interviews ‘I find acts that play to nobody… and I convince people to book them.’Legendary US agent Tom Windish on his career - and never giving up on an artist
Interviews ‘As a manager, your headlights always need to be three miles down the road.’Vector Management co-head Jack Rovner on a life in music
Interviews DEAG at 40: ‘We’re like an armada, ploughing through the sea.’CMO Detlef Kornett talks us through the history of a live music giant
Interviews ‘I knew that making it in music was a needle in a haystack thing.’Oak Felder on his career, his songwriting process - and why he's become a publisher himself
Interviews ’As a manager, if you want something for your client, you have to be really bullish.’Vector Management's Ken Levitan on his life and the industry today
Interviews ‘There is a grim determination required to make it in the music business.’Jimmy Webb is the latest in our World's Greatest Songwriters series
Interviews ‘We will pay significant sums for the right deals – but we do best with artists who want their legacies properly valued.’Primary Wave's Larry Mestel on the evolution of his company - and its $400m+ spending power