News Warner Music Group partners with NFT marketplace OpenSea to expand Web3 opportunities for its artists Collaboration to allow 'select WMG artists to build and extend their fan communities in Web3'
Analysis News After huge success with King & Prince in Japan, UMG signs Johnny & Associates boy band ‘Travis Japan’ to Capitol Records for global debut 'We are pleased to expand our working relationship with Julie and the great team at Johnny & Associates,' says Sir Lucian Grainge
News PRS for Music to launch free portal providing access to songwriter credits and industry identifiers New tool will let songwriters, composers and music publishers search and download key data about their works
News Christiaan Kröner promoted to President at FUGA His promotion follows Pieter van Rijn’s recent move to the role of President, Downtown Music.
Interviews News With fresh eight-figure financing, and a new CEO, Napster wants to take Web3 music to the mainstream MBW interviews Napster's new CEO Jon Vlassopulos
Interviews ‘Chocolate City is a safe haven for creatives.’ MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Abuchi Ugwu, CEO of Nigeria-based record label Chocolate City
News Apple pulls apps owned by Russian tech giant VK from app store, including music service VK Music VK apps are no longer available to download on iPhones
Analysis Interviews News New $100m-backed fund launches to buy catalogs in Asia, led by industry veteran Chee Meng Tan and ex-Universal Music China MD Garand Wu Singapore-based music fund launches with initial raise of USD $100m
News VR concert startup AmazeVR raises $17m, with Korea’s CJ Entertainment joining as strategic investor Past investors re-up interests, including Mirae Asset Capital, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, CJ Investment, Smilegate Investment and others
News Mr. Probz says he’s filed a ‘multi-million-euro’ lawsuit against Sony for allegedly withholding royalties Mr. Probz and his record label Left Lane say that they've filed a lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment in Amsterdam
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?