News Warner launches Rhythm City, a ‘music-themed social experience’ on gaming platform Roblox Rhythm City will host virtual concerts and events featuring select WMG artists.
News Adriana Restrepo appointed Latin America and Caribbean Regional Director at IFPI Exec was previously President of Sony Music Andes
Interviews How Thailand’s Yupp! Entertainment hit 1m YouTube subscribers in 1 year, and got rapper Milli booked to play Coachella MBW’s Trailblazers series interviews Pollakit Srisamut (aka Lunaticfluker), co-founder of prominent Thailand-based record label and media company YUPP! Entertainment.
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News Universal Music UK’s EMI Records launches new label, EMI North, led by Clive Cawley Exec moves over from his current role of MD, EMI to President, EMI North
News Warner’s dismissal of legacy unrecouped advances has already increased earnings of 4,500 artists and producers globally Stat was revealed in WMG's latest annual ESG report for shareholders
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