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
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