News Kilometre Music Group acquires catalog of Grammy Award-winning songwriter Tourist, secures $50m credit facility with Pinnacle Financial William Phillips (pka Tourist) co-wrote Sam Smith’s Grammy-winning hit 'Stay With Me'
Interviews ‘Japanese acts account for nearly 90% of all tickets sold for live music events in Japan.’ MBW's World Leaders series interviews Kaori Hayashi, CEO of Japan-headquartered concert promoter HIP (Hayashi International Promotions)
News Universal partners with generative AI startup Endel to create ‘AI-powered, artist-driven functional music’ Companies will use Endel’s proprietary AI technology to let UMG artists "reimagine" their music and create "science-backed soundscapes"
News Ernst Trapp steps down as CEO of Warner’s EMP Merchandising and President of E-Commerce at WMG Trapp steered EMP through its $180m acquisition by Warner Music Group
News Nick Jarjour exits role as Global Head of Song Management at Hipgnosis Songs Fund Exec to 'embark on an exciting new chapter in [his] journey'
Analysis News TikTok is starting to look more and more like SoundCloud TikTok music strategy moves up a gear with new music discovery hub, and exclusive deals with indie artists
News Fourth CTO Christian Berthelsen joins Voly Group as Non-Executive Director Voly Group is the parent company of Voly Music, which launched into the music industry in 2021
News ONErpm launches Digital Strategy Department, led by Casey Childers Located in Nashville, Childers was most recently Senior Project Manager at the company
News ‘Irresponsible and offensive’: NMPA’s David Israelite does not like IMPALA’s new report on the ‘music streaming pie’. At all. Publishers' association chief calls report questioning slices of revenue pie "irresponsible and offensive"
News Willard Ahdritz receives Innovator Award at Music Biz Conference in Nashville The Kobalt Music founder also took part in a keynote conversation at the event on Tuesday (May 16)
News After being acquired by Chartmetric, tech platform Onesheet, which can build artist One-Sheets ‘in seconds’ launches first version in beta Onesheet was acquired by Chartmetric in October 2022
Analysis News Indie labels question if record companies’ share of streaming royalties is ‘undervalued’ vs. music publishers’ slice of the pie A new report from indie label group IMPALA asks if recorded music should have seen its share of the streaming pie grow faster
News Primary Wave strikes ‘multi-million dollar’ music rights deal with rock band Skillet Company has acquired their music publishing, as well as the record royalties across five of their albums released from 2003 through 2016
News Thomas Coesfeld to become CEO of BMG effective July 1, 2023 Bertelsmann brings forward BMG leadership change. Hartwig Masuch to remain associated with Bertelsmann in an advisory capacity until 2026
News Amber Davis promoted to SVP of Warner Chappell Music UK, in addition to role as Head of A&R Exec will report into Shani Gonzales, WCM UK’s Managing Director