News SoundCloud’s new ‘Fans’ tool lets artists DM their superfans Fans is currently in beta with over 10,000 artists, including Warner Music Group artists
News Mike Easterlin steps down as Co-President of Elektra Records Exec to work as consultant for WMG's artist services division, WMX; Gregg Nadel to continue as sole President of Elektra
Analysis News Ticketmaster sold 15,000 tickets per minute at ‘peak sale times’ in North America during Q1 2023 Concerts giant Live Nation delivered record results across all its divisions in Q1 2023.
News Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl join Board of Trustees at The Paley Center for Media The Paley Center is described as 'the entertainment industry's leading nonprofit dedicated to celebrating the cultural, creative, and social significance of media and its impact on society'
Analysis News Move aside, BTS. K-Pop stars Seventeen just sold over 4.5m copies of their new album FML in its first week Seventeen's '10th mini album' FML sold 3.99 million copies on its first day (April 24)
Analysis News Larry Jackson’s $1bn-backed gamma expands into Africa and the Middle East, led by Naomi Campbell and Sipho Dlamini Sub-Saharan Africa was, in percentage terms, the fastest-growing recorded music region in the world in 2022
Interviews ‘The biggest question we face today is, how do we break Japanese artists internationally?’ In this feature, we speak to Kaz Kobayashi, President & CEO, Warner Music Japan and Kazuhiro Shimada, COO, Warner Music Japan.
News Vania Schlogel steps down from Board of Directors at Hipgnosis Songs Fund Exec founded Los Angeles-headquartered private equity firm Atwater in 2017
Analysis News HYBE’s revenues grew 44.1% YoY to $306m in Q1, driven by K-Pop stars Tomorrow x Together, Seventeen, Jimin and more HYBE’s revenues grew 44.1% YoY to 410.6 billion South Korea Won in Q1 2023, according to a new investor filing published on Tuesday (May 2)
Analysis News Max Lousada on Warner’s dance strategy, A&R, AI and the ‘art’ of what’s possible with technology Max Lousada, CEO of Recorded Music at Warner Music Group, gave a keynote interview at IMS in Ibiza this week
Analysis News Believe generated $213m in Q1, up 22.2% YoY Paris-headquartered music company Believe has published its financial results for Q1 2023 (the three months to end of March)
Analysis News Universal generated $2.6bn in Q1, as subscription streaming revenues jumped over 10% YoY Top sellers for the quarter included releases from King & Prince, Morgan Wallen and Taylor Swift
News Reservoir forms JV with American Idol producer, 19 Entertainment to sign publishing deals with contestants Companies to sign publishing deals with contestants featured on the longstanding series
Analysis News Spotify confirms it’s working with labels to quell copyright threat from AI music Spotify is taking concerns about the impact of AI-generated music on entertainment rightsholders seriously, says Daniel Ek
News Primary Wave makes strategic investment in India’s Times Music in deal worth $100m Partnership will see Primary Wave and Times Music invest in catalog opportunities in the Indian market