News Kebu Commissiong, Carlos Escalona Cruz, Matt DuFour and Lou Plaia named A&R Directors at Sentric New hires follow Sentric’s move into North America
News Napster hires Roblox former Global Head of Music, Jon Vlassopulos, as CEO Company has also announced a new funding round
Analysis News From Robert Kyncl joining WMG as CEO, to the US record industry’s $7.7bn in H1… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Believe makes series of leadership hires and promotions in Southeast Asia Believe says that these new executive appointments 'are central to capitalize on the growth trajectory across the region'
Analysis News Could Spotify’s locked audiobooks model be a new way for artists to make money on its platform? Could Spotify's locked play button model used for audiobooks be applied to artist content?
News Independent rock label Sumerian Records inks long-term distribution deal with Virgin Music Sumerian has over 2.35m YouTube Subscribers
News Leila Oliveira promoted to President of Warner Music Brazil Sérgio Affonso to step down after more than 15 years as President to run his own independent label
Interviews ‘Classical music is not subject to trends and fads. The genre shows longer-term value across generations.’ MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Martin Kudla, Deputy Director and Digital Marketing Manager at Czech record label SUPRAPHON
Analysis News US recorded music revenues hit $7.7bn in H1 2022, but growth slowed compared to H1 2021 RIAA has published its 2022 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report
News Cris Garcia Falcão promoted to MD LATAM and Nina Rabe-Cairns upped to MD APAC at Ingrooves Execs promoted to global leadership roles
News YouTube launches ‘Creator Music’ licensing hub, and a new revenue sharing model for Shorts Creators can buy music licenses via the hub
Analysis News Guy Moot on the globalization of music and the ‘new songwriter economy’ Warner Chappell Music's Co-Chair and Chief Executive Officer delivered a keynote speech at this week’s All About Music conference in India.
News Charlotte Saxe promoted to SVP, Legal & Business Affairs at Warner Music UK James Radice to step down from his role after eight years
News Tencent Music Entertainment goes public in Hong Kong TME has successfully listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange