News Warner strikes ‘milestone deal’ with YES, buys recorded music rights to band’s Atlantic Records catalog YES have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide
News From Flo Rida’s $82.6m legal victory, to the landmark streaming fraud investigation in France… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News TuneCore renews and expands partnership with UK-based publishing administrator Sentric TuneCore Publishing Administration has paid over $100m to songwriters since 2012
News Google parent Alphabet to slash global workforce by 6%, with 12,000 workers to be laid off Tech giant become latest to axe substantial number of its employees
News Warner’s Décibels Productions acquires France-based talent agency Les Visiteurs su Soir Les Visiteurs su Soir was founded in 1991 by Olivier Gluzman
News Avex USA launches Blue Suede Records label JV with TikTok star Ari Elkins Elkins has amassed over 1.9m followers on TikTok
News Record industry triumphs in ‘first ever’ stream ripping blocking case in India Ruling requires ISPs in India to block access to 20 stream ripping sites
News After raising $11.7m, Web3 and virtual artist company HUME hires Adrian Karvinen in VP role Karvinen will be responsible for building partnerships between brands and 'metastars'
News Emmy Lovell named Global Head of Music at SoundCloud Lovell will continue to be based in London and will report to Chief Content and Marketing Officer, Lauren Wirtzer-Seawood.
Interviews As artists reach $100m in direct-to-fan sales via Bandzoogle, the company says it’s ‘solely focused on putting more money in the pocket of creators’ Bandzoogle CEO Stacey Bedford on the company's $100m artist sales milestone, the firm’s positioning in the music industry, and why it's so important for artists to have a clear merch strategy...
News UK music bodies express concern over future of ‘vital’ BBC Introducing music discovery platform BBC Introducing is a new music discovery platform that launched in 2007
News Mass tech layoffs continue, as Microsoft makes 10,000 job cuts Satya Nadella revealed Wednesday, January 18, that the company is reducing its workforce by 10,000 jobs
Analysis News Streaming fraud accounts for at least 1-3% of plays on services like Spotify and Deezer in France, shows investigation Landmark study into France's music industry focuses on illegitimate streaming practices
News Spotify just added 10,000 new Arabic songs to its platform via a licensing deal with Rotana Music Rotana is claimed to be the largest record label in the Middle East