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
News Reservoir’s revenues grew 13% YoY to $122.3m in its full fiscal year ended March 31 Reservoir has published the financial results for its fiscal Q4 2023 (calendar Q1 2023) and FY fiscal 2023, ended March 31, 2023
Interviews TIDAL’s CEO thinks music is ‘undervalued and underpriced.’ Here’s what he’s doing to try change that. MBW interviews TIDAL CEO Jesse Dorogusker about the economics of streaming, the rise of generative AI, and the platform's partnership with Universal Music Group
News From the 120,000 tracks hitting streaming services daily to Universal’s AI sound partnership… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place
News Copyright Royalty Board confirms streaming royalty rate for songwriters for 2018-2022 The Copyright Royalty Board issued a written determination this week upholding the Phonorecords III mechanical royalty rate
News After raising $25m, BandLab parent offloads UK music media brand Uncut Divestment of Uncut arrives in the same week that BandLab Technologies raised $25m, valuing the company at $425m
News Nathan Barley Phillips and Shawn Keith upped to Heads of A&R in Europe and North America at Nuclear Blast Believe-owned metal label Nuclear Blast has restructured its A&R department
News Reservoir buys rights to catalog of Miami Sound Machine co-founder and lead songwriter Enrique ‘Kiki’ Garcia Deal includes the hit 'Conga' performed by Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine