News Kobalt makes up with Meta: New deal struck to license 700,000 songs for Facebook 'We’re pleased to announce that Kobalt’s repertoire is once again licensed on Meta Platforms in the US,' states memo obtained by MBW
News Mike Caren’s APG and Luke Mitzman’s 100 Management strike partnership focusing on music producers and entrepreneurs First clients include Cirkut, Stargate and Alex Da Kid
News Gordan Dillard named Executive Vice President of A&R and Artist Development for Capitol Music Group Dillard, who will continue to manage Doja Cat at SALXCO, joins CMG's senior executive team
News Def Jam inks exclusive worldwide JV with Nigeria and UK-based NATIVE Records NATIVE Records is the music division of NATIVE Networks
News Warner sues Bang Energy for alleged infringement of nearly 200 recordings by artists including Dua Lipa, Lizzo and others Lawsuit follows similar lawsuits filed by Universal and Sony Music
News Milly Petriella named Managing Director of Milk & Honey Australasia Exec also appointed Director of Cultural and Social Responsibility for management company worldwide
News Pete Simmons promoted to Head of A&R UK at Universal Music Publishing Group Simmons joined UMPG as an A&R scout in 2014
News Love H. Whelchel named Chief People Officer at Downtown Music Holdings Exec has previously headed the human resources departments for agencies within WPP, IPG and Publicis
News From YouTube’s $6bn payout to UMG’s mtheory label division acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Confirmed: Concord acquires Hitco Entertainment record label assets Concord acquires HitCo's 'entire sound recording catalog and certain recent releases'
News Daniel Ek poured €100m into Helsing AI last year. The startup just partnered with a European arms manufacturer Daniel Ek-backed company strikes strategic partnership with Germany-based automotive and arms manufacturer, Rheinmetall
News Sony Music scores partial victory in copyright infringement lawsuit against Bang Energy Legal action was initiated in August 2021
News Blockchain music making startup Arpeggi Labs raises $5.1m from a16z crypto, Steve Aoki, 3LAU and more Startup claims to be the first blockchain music creation platform
News Mike Hamilton appointed Senior Vice President, Streaming & Commerce at Def Jam Recordings Exec arrives at Def Jam after three years as Senior Director, Commerce, Epic Records
News Jennifer Knoepfle joins Universal Music Publishing Group as Executive Vice President and Co-Head of US A&R Knoepfle joins UMPG from Sony Music Publishing, where she was most recently SVP, Creative