News Music startup Mogul raises $5M; says it has tracked $1.5B+ in royalties for artists to date Mogul says the funding will be used to expand its ability to serve "artists, managers, and business managers of all kinds".
News John Langford promoted to President, Asia-Pacific for AEG International Langford will lead the development and execution of AEG’s Asia-Pacific expansion strategy across venues and real estate.
News From UMG’s deal with superfan platform EVEN to Live Nation’s $25B in 2025… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Chris Welz named partner at Secretly Distribution after company’s ‘biggest year ever’ The longtime COO steps into ownership after two decades at the independent distributor.
News Sphere Entertainment’s revenues topped $1.2bn in 2025, up 8% YoY; Wizard Of Oz has generated $290M since August launch The Las Vegas venue's concert residencies in 2025 included the Eagles, Dead & Company, and the Backstreet Boys.
News Spotify says it has ‘helped artists generate’ $1bn+ in ticket sales to date. Now it’s teaming up with SeatGeek to drive even more SeatGeek becomes the latest ticketing platform to join Spotify's growing live events ecosystem.
News Taylor Swift was IFPI’s biggest-selling recording artist globally in 2025 – for a record sixth time Swift has now won the award as many times as all other artists combined over the past 10 years.
News Henrik Berndtson named Head of Nordics at AEG ticketing division AXS Stockholm-based Berndtson will oversee AXS’s operations across the Nordics, supporting the company’s broader European strategy
Analysis News Music distributor Alliance Entertainment says it sold over 16m vinyl records and 13m CDs in 2025 US-based distributor also reported an uptick in its vinyl and CD sales for calendar Q4 2025
News Switzerland’s MusicBird acquires publishing catalog of R&B duo and Drake collaborators Majid Jordan Majid Jordan have co-written and co-produced tracks for artists including Drake, Beyoncé, DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus.
News From UMG’s approved Downtown deal to Spotify’s AI ambitions… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News ASCAP paid out a record $1.76bn to songwriters and publishers in 2025 The US organization delivered a record $1.945 billion in revenue in the calendar year.
Analysis News Songs are reaching 1bn Spotify streams 14x faster than a decade ago, and other stats from Chartmetric’s 2025 Year in Music report The report highlights several notable shifts shaping the music economy.
News Music collectibles platform Wax Poetics closes $1m funding round Investors include music executives Perry Chen (Kickstarter), Nadav Poraz (WhoSampled), and Nikhil Shah (Mixcloud).
News SM Entertainment revenues grew 16.6% to record $219m in Q4, driven by concerts and merch The company is home to K-pop acts such as NCT DREAM, aespa, RIIZE, and NCT WISH.