Interviews Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, and songwriter and producer Niclas Molinder say they’ve invented the solution to the music industry’s ‘black box’. And it’s free. Björn Ulvaeus, Max Martin and Niclas Molinder founded Session to fix music's missing data problem.
Analysis News Spotify is no longer earning any money from Russia, as it de-monetizes ads and subscriptions in market (update) Spotify Chief Financial Officer Paul Vogel reveals news on the platform's position in Russia
News Warner Music Group suspends operations in Russia All three major record companies have now suspended their operations in Russia
News Sony Music Group suspends operations in Russia 'Sony Music Group calls for peace in Ukraine and an end to the violence.'
News Downtown launches $200m fund to invest in independent artists and entrepreneurs Fund is supported by a new credit facility with Bank of America
News TikTok just launched its own music distribution platform, SoundOn SoundOn can distribute music to other music platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and Instagram
News Quincy-Jones backed OneOf strikes exclusive partnership with Christopher Wallace estate to release Notorious B.I.G. NFTs A portion of the proceeds of the NFTs will go to The Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation, Inc.
News Universal Music Group suspends all operations in Russia 'Effective immediately, we are suspending all operations in Russia and closing our offices there,' says UMG
Analysis News Spotify just patented its own A&R technology to predict breaking artists. Should labels be concerned? Daniel Ek's company suggests it could ink "recording deals" with on-the-rise artists... and spot them sooner than record companies
News Snoop Dogg joins esports giant FaZe Clan’s Board of Directors, as firm readies $1bn IPO Faze Clan's investors from the music business include Troy Carter, Guy Oseary and Pitbull
News UK collection society PRS cuts ties with Russian counterpart. But why is it having to act alone? PRS for Music has formally suspended its rights representation relationship with Russia's RAO
News Tom March named President of Geffen Records British exec makes move to Los Angeles to lead label at Interscope Geffen A&M
News ‘The catalog deals market in Europe will continue to accelerate.’ Hein van der Ree tells MBW about how €100m-backed Pythagoras Music Fund fits into the music rights acquisitions market...
News Warner joins $14m funding round in AI music startup LifeScore, founded by Siri co-inventor Tom Gruber Total funds raised by the company hits £12m ($15.7m)
Analysis News From Universal’s $10bn revenues to Epic Games’ Bandcamp buyout: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter