News After taking its Electric Daisy Carnival to Roblox, Insomniac partners with Epic Games rival Unity to build metaverse world for virtual concerts Companies plan to build a 'new, persistent metaverse world' where fans can watch virtual concerts
Interviews Meet Italy’s Rude Records, the $4.6m-valued indie label aiming for an IPO by 2025 Label President Ilich Rausa discusses fund raising and expansion plans
News Sony Music buys minority stake in Walter Kolm’s WK Records Sony previously acquired a 50% stake in Kolm's separate management company
News From the United States’ $15bn revenue to Downtown’s $200m indie artist fund: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group buys bundle of rights from Nat King Cole estate Deal encompasses a broad range of rights from Cole’s career
News Now SoundExchange pulls out of Russia SoundExchange has terminated its agreement with the Russian Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS)
Uncategorized B2B streaming platform Tuned Global teams up with AI music company Musiio for API integration Tuned Global’s clients now have access to Musiio’s AI technology
News Media company A+E Networks acquires minority stake in Range Media Partners Deal includes a 'strategic minority investment' by A+E into Range Media Partners
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.