News Murda Beatz manager Cory Litwin joins Range Media Partners as Managing Partner in music division Litwin has been managing Murda Beatz since 2014
News Gregor Pryor named Managing Partner, Europe and the Middle East at law firm Reed Smith Pryor has been the co-chair of the Entertainment and Media Industry Group since 2015
News YMU explores financial restructuring, owing current lenders £70m (report) YMU is home to a transatlantic music division representing talent in the UK and US
News Anthem invests in Timbaland’s music marketplace Beatclub, acquires additional publishing interests in his catalog Company expands long-standing partnership with Timbaland
News Infinite Catalog launches remote royalties department, IC Full Service IC Full Service is targeted towards small and mid-size catalogs
News Karol G partners with Interscope, ‘reaffirming’ long-term relationship with Universal Music Group Karol G signed with Universal Music Latin Entertainment in 2016
Interviews News As AI-made music explodes, Deezer lays out strategy to identify AI tracks and ‘weed out illegal and fraudulent content’ on its platform Deezer is building a set of tools to detect AI-generated content on its platform
News After raising $25m, BandLab rebrands Cakewalk production software as part of plan to ’empower all creators’ BandLab acquired certain assets and the complete intellectual property of Cakewalk Inc. from Gibson Brands in 2018
News South Korea-based catalog buying fund Beyond Music raises $170m Company, which has raised nearly $400m to date plans to use capital 'to acquire rights to evergreen songs'
News Wise Music Group and Faber Music strike global deal for the Edition Peters printed music business Wise Music will continue to own the Edition Peters rights business
Analysis News From Queen’s $1bn catalog to HYBE raising $380m for acquisitions in the US… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place
News HYBE is raising $380m to fund more music acquisitions in the US (report) South Korea-based music giant behind K-pop superstars BTS and rising stars New Jeans seeks to expand global presence via M&A
News Ezekiel Lewis promoted to President of Epic Records Exec has served as the company’s Executive Vice President and Head of A&R since 2020
News K-pop powerhouse JYP expands strategic alliance with Republic Records Companies originally entered into a strategic partnership in February 2020
News David Loiterton joins Primary Wave as President, Indo-Pacific “David is an exceptional leader," said Larry Mestel, CEO & Founder, Primary Wave Music