News Robert Gibbs joins UTA as a Partner and Co-Head of Atlanta office Exec was most recently the Head of Music at ICM Partners
Analysis News Reservoir revenues grow 46% to $24.3m in calendar Q2 Reservoir Media has published the financial results for its fiscal Q1 2023 (calendar Q2, 2022)
News TikTok goes on AI music-making and machine learning hiring spree TikTok and ByteDance are hiring for a number of highly-skilled specialists in machine learning and AI music creation
Analysis News From Live Nation’s 100m tickets to Concord’s eight-figure deal… It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week - and why they matter
Analysis News Live Nation has already sold 100m tickets for concerts in 2022 – more than it sold in the whole of 2019 Company generated revenues of $6.2bn across all divisions in the first six months of the year, according to new investor filing
News $500m-backed Litmus Music launches to buy publishing and recording rights Music industry veterans Hank Forsyth and Dan McCarroll team with Carlyle Global Credit to launch venture
News Frédéric Voillemot promoted to CFO and EVP of Business Development for Africa, Middle East & Asia (AMEA) at Universal Music Group Voillemot previously served as UMG’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Development & Strategy
News Elena Awbrey named Executive Manager at YMU Music in the US Awbrey was an independent artist manager before joining YMU
News Geoff Taylor to step down as CEO of UK record label trade body BPI Exec to stay on until early 2023 while the organization recruits for a successor
Interviews ‘We have a deep sense of who the artist is and how to support them.’ MBW interviews Capitol Christian Music Group Co-Presidents Brad O’Donnell and Hudson Plachy
Analysis News HYBE revenues soar 83.8% to $391m in Q2… despite BTS hiatus announcement K-pop giant HYBE publishes its financial results for Q2 2022
News Cinq Music parent buys NGL Collective to create ‘largest 100% Latino-focused digital-first Latinx media powerhouse in the US’ GoDigital has acquired NGL Collective with the backing of MEP Capital, a media and entertainment-focused investment firm
News SoundCloud slashes a fifth of its global workforce, blaming ‘challenging economic climate’ News comes fives years after SoundCloud's last widespread cut of staff
News Annie Aberle promoted to Vice President, A&R at PULSE Music Group Aberle was previously Senior Creative Director, PULSE Music Group
News Piracy tracking startup MUSO raises $3.9m from Puma Private Equity MUSO reports to have seen a 25% increase in general digital piracy year-on-year