News Universal to develop ‘virtual identities’ and NFTs for its artists in partnership with avatar tech firm Genies 'We’re not bringing culture to NFTs and crypto. Genies and UMG together are bringing the power of NFTs and crypto to culture,' says Genies CEO Akash Nigam
News Various Artists Management and Artist First strike deal to discover and develop Italy-based talent for the global market Various Artists has offices in London and Los Angeles
News Mojo Music & Media buys entire publishing catalog of songwriter and producer Jacknife Lee Catalog totals more than 200 songs and includes The Killers' The Man
News Tuned Global strikes partnership with AI Audio firm Super Hi-Fi Tuned Global clients now have access to Super Hi-Fi’s AI powered tools
News Round Hill Music acquires publishing catalog of Jellybean Benitez including hits by Madonna and Whitney Houston Agreement via Round Hill Music Royalty Fund Two includes copyright acquisitions and Joint Venture deal
News Lillia Parsa promoted to Senior Vice President, A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group Based in Santa Monica, she will continue reporting to David Gray and Walter Jones, Co-Heads of A&R
News Primary Wave’s hot streak continues, as firm inks $20m catalog deal with Survivor’s Jim Peterik 'I’m thrilled to be with a company who is as passionate about music as I am,' says Peterik
News Music streaming service Audiomack launches ‘Supporters’ direct monetization feature, Warner named as first major label participant Audiomack reaches more than 20 million monthly users globally
News Warner Chappell forms Joint Venture with Glassnote’s Connection Music Publishing Connection Music Publishing was founded in early 2021 and is led by Jackie Post
News Historic Beatles audio interviews to be auctioned as NFTs Each NFT will include unique artwork and a WAV file of the interview
News Anthony Martini exits role as CEO of Royalty Exchange, joins Slip.stream as Chief Music Officer and Partner Martini will oversee the development of the company’s music catalog and frontline record label
News Deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin raise $4.5m to build ‘the leading music metaverse’ Could PIXELYNX build music's definitive metaverse?
News FADER Label launches distribution division Division is working with five artists: Kim Tee, Origami Human, Eddie Burns, Pauli The PSM and Slaters
Analysis News Universal vs Spotify: Which of music’s two giants will be worth more at the end of 2021? It's neck-and-neck right now, with Universal $7 billion ahead of Spotify following a damaging wave of headlines about stand-up comedians
News From BMG’s Mötley Crüe catalog buy to the UK’s rejected music bill – It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The music industry's biggest few stories from the past week, and why they matter