News SoundCloud launches artist-signing JV with Coach K and P’s Solid Foundation Management Coach K and P have invested an undisclosed amount in SoundCloud
News Universal just hired this exec to drive forward its Web 3.0 business Richard Cusick joins the music company as Chief Product Officer, Global E-Commerce
News Universal launches Def Jam India to support Indian & South Asian hip-hop talent New label division is dedicated to representing what UMG says is 'the best hip-hop and rap talent from the region'.
News Warner strikes deal with sports music licensing company ClicknClear ClicknClear claims to be the world’s only specialist music rights tech and licensing company for performance sports
News Ben Lovett’s tvg hospitality raises $50m from investors including Irving Azoff, Coran Capshaw and Ryan Tedder tvg was founded by Ben Lovett of Grammy Award-winning band Mumford & Sons
News Dua Lipa will now be managed by her dad, as she splits with TaP after 8+ years It was confirmed last week that Dua Lipa had parted ways with her longtime manager
News EMPIRE launches ‘EMPIRE Africa’, with three executive hires in Nigeria Ezegozie Eze Jr. named as VP Market Development, Kareem Mobalaji as Regional Head West Africa, and Titilope Adesanya as Project Manager
News UK music media entrepreneur and SBTV founder Jamal Edwards dies, aged 31 SBTV has helped launch the careers of some of the UK's biggest stars
Analysis News From SoundCloud’s $218m+ revenues to Snoop Dogg’s $44m+ worth of NFTs: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter
News Spotify acquires two podcast firms, Podsights and Chartable Podsights is a podcast advertising measurement service, and Chartable is a podcast analytics platform
News Peloton releases video game ‘Lanebreak’, with Warner Music Group as a launch partner The first artist themed levels to launch on Lanebreak are two Warner-distributed artists: David Bowie and David Guetta.
News Avex USA and Sony Music Publishing strike global administration deal SMP will provide worldwide administration services (ex. Japan) to Avex USA’s catalog and roster
News Universal partners with Marc Geiger-backed NFT platform Curio to develop NFTs for its global artists and labels UMG becomes the first major music company to collaborate with Curio
News Riptide Music CEO Keatly Haldeman exits, launches Web3 music sync licensing platform, Dequency Firm has already raised $4.5m through an investment round led by Borderless Capital
News BMG acquires music interests of blues icon John Lee Hooker The acquisition is the latest in a string of recent deals completed by BMG to acquire rights from superstar musicians