News Social music creation platform BandLab closes Series B funding round at $65m Prosus Ventures joins list of investors
News Wasserman Music acquires Paradigm’s UK live music business Wasserman Music launched in April 2021 with the acquisition of Paradigm’s North American live music representation business
News Warner Music Group launches in-house podcast network, Interval Presents, led by Allan Coye WMG labels and digital editorial brands will continue to produce podcast content under their own banners
News After teaming up with SoundCloud, Splice partners with African music streaming service, Boomplay Companies to introduce 'beat battle' and new series of sample packs and collections called 'Beyond Afrobeats'
News Having paid $222m to artists in 2021, TuneCore has now surpassed total payouts of $2.5bn Artists using the platform have achieved 500bn streams and 700m downloads
News Glenn Mendlinger promoted to EVP of Republic Records and President of Imperial Music Mendlinger is based out of the company’s global headquarters in New York
Interviews News ‘Web3 will be a building block for every musician in the future.’ Justin Blau tells MBW how Royal wants to be positioned in the music business, and gives us his predictions for the NFT space...
News Live Nation launches in the Philippines, acquires promoter Music Management International Rhiza Pascua appointed Managing Director Live Nation Philippines
News From Cinq Music raising $100m to Midem’s return in 2023 : It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News AI-powered music creation platform Soundful raises $3.8m funding round Platforms tracks are fully licensed for use in videos, advertisements and social media campaigns
News Former file-sharing platform LimeWire raises $10.4m in private token sale to grow its NFT marketplace Investment came from DAO Jones ( includingSteve Aoki) and Deadmau5’s fund 720Mau5
News Universal Music Publishing Group inks global admin deal with Spanish-language TV network Univision Univision is the largest provider of Spanish-language TV content in the US
News Roblox Global Head of Music Jonathan Vlassopulos to step down 'The time has come to embark on my next adventure,' said the music exec in a statement
News Music and experiences company Pollen raises $150m in Series C round Pollen has created exclusive travel experiences featuring artists like J Balvin, Justin Bieber, and Duran Duran
News Midem is saved: Historic music trade expo resurrected in deal with City of Cannes Midem to return in Q1 2023, with a new owner