News Endurance Music Group buys catalog of songs by Jimmie Allen, Ash Bowers EMG is the music publishing and music rights acquisition platform of investment manager, Raven & Company.
News Beatport acquires music industry technology company ampsuite Platform launches suite of professional products for suppliers, artists and labels
News Warner strikes ‘first-of-its-kind’ deal with blockchain gaming developer Splinterlands WMG makes another move in the blockchain industry
Analysis The major music companies are in a race to hire the best Web3 talent – before media’s biggest companies beat them to it Interesting developments at Universal, Sony, and Warner in recent weeks hint at the impact Web3 will have on music in the months ahead
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.