News Leila Oliveira promoted to General Manager of Warner Music Brazil Oliveira will have oversight of the company’s A&R, marketing and business development functions
News Matt Morris promoted to Senior Vice President of A&R at Interscope Geffen A&M He is credited with signing Olivia Rodrigo to Geffen Records
News Alison Wenham joins Chrysalis Records as Chief Operating Officer Wenham founded and was the CEO/Chairman of UK Trade Association AIM from 1999-2016
News Phebe Hunnicutt appointed SVP, International, Warner Recorded Music Hunnicutt joins from hayu, the subscription-based video streaming service owned by NBC Universal International
News Believe buys controlling stake in India-based label Think Music for $14.6m Believe has acquired a 76% stake in the company
News From the Grammys nominations list to Sony’s $100m share buy – It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The music industry's biggest few stories from the past week, and why they matter
Interviews ‘We are taking Afrobeats to the world.’ In the latest in MBW's World Leaders interview series, we speak to Don Jazzy, founder of Nigeria-based Mavin Records
News Record labels really, really don’t like a new Bill that could – eventually – change how artists get paid in the UK Kevin Brennan MP has published a draft of his recommendations for UK politicians... and the labels don't like it one bit
News Wendy Goldstein and Jim Roppo named Co-Presidents of Republic Records “Wendy and Roppo together are the ultimate dynamic duo," said Chairman/CEO Monte Lipman
News Epic Games buys Rock Band maker Harmonix to ‘reimagine how music is experienced, created and distributed’ Harmonix is the creator of the popular Rock Band and Dance Central franchises
News Kane Brown’s Be Like That ft. Swae Lee and Khalid was the most listened to Country song in the US in the past year (according to the NMPA Gold & Platinum Program, based on RIAA certifications) Be Like That was the most listened to Country song in the past year according to RIAA certifications
News Joyner Lucas, Nas join $55m funding round in 3LAU’s blockchain-based music investment platform Royal Platform aims to enable fractional music ownership through its own version of NFTs
News Sony Music buys $100m of shares in NetEase’s music service; Chinese platform’s IPO set for December 2 Sony Music named as Cornerstone Investor ahead of IPO
News Synchtank raises $5.8m in Series A funding round led by Octopus Ventures Latest investment brings firm's total raised in the past year to $6.6m
News Voice and music recognition firm SoundHound to list on NASDAQ with $2.1bn valuation via SPAC merger Firm has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners Co