News UK music licensing company PPL paid out over $300m to 165,000 performers and recording rightsholders in 2022 This was the highest number of performers and recording rightsholders ever paid by PPL in a calendar year
News Tyler Johnson was the world’s top music producer in 2022, according to Jaxsta’s Honors List Jaxsta's Honors List identifies the world’s 100 most successful producers for 2022 using a weighted algorithm
News Sas Metcalfe to step down as Chief Creative Officer of Kobalt Music Metcalfe was Kobalt's first-ever employee
News Reservoir strikes catalog deal with Rock and Roll legend Dion Dion has released over 40 albums and has earned 39 Top 40 hits, as well as 11 Top 10 Hot 100 hits
News Spotify wipes vacancies from global jobs board as hiring freeze hits after 500+ layoffs Music streaming company is reducing its global workforce by 6%
News Patrick Moxey’s Ultra International Music Publishing acquires catalog of Grammy-winning producer Zaytoven UIMP has also struck a co-publishing deal with Zaytoven
Analysis News Done deal: Justin Bieber sells catalog to Hipgnosis’ Blackstone fund Deal means Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital has spent around half a billion dollars to date
News Primary Wave buys music rights of Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek of the Doors, in ‘monumental’ deal The Doors sold over 35m albums in the US alone and over 100m worldwide
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