News Ticketing platform DICE raises $122m in Series C funding Round was led by new investor, SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Analysis News From Universal’s $54bn listing to Warner’s $270m from ‘alternative’ platforms: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News Natasha Baldwin promoted to EVP, Classics and Screen at Universal Music Publishing Group Baldwin is responsible for leading UMPG’s global classical and screen composer businesses.
News Dara Michelle appointed Executive Vice President and Head of Marketing at Def Jam Recordings Michelle comes to Def Jam after a year-long marketing consultancy for RBMG/Def Jam artist Justin Bieber
News Steve Carless joins Warner Records as President, A&R Prior to Warner, Carless was Executive Vice President of A&R at Universal Music Group’s Republic Records
News Lizzo and Justin Timberlake invest in connected fitness tech brand Hydrow Company has secured almost $200m in cumulative funding
News Marie-Anne Robert appointed Managing Director of Sony Music France Robert will oversee all operations, marketing, signings and acquisitions in the country
News Len Blavatnik’s Access sells $105m worth of Warner Music Group shares to Morgan Stanley Affiliates of Len Blavatnik's Access Industries sold 2.3m WMG shares to Morgan Stanley
News $117m fund launches in Europe to buy catalogs of local legends First catalog acquired contains approximately 30,000 copyrights and 6,500 master recordings
News Social platform Riff secures $4m investment from EMPIRE, Top Dawg Entertainment and Quality Control Quality Control’s Kevin 'Coach K' Lee will also join Riff’s Board of Directors
News Tuned Global strikes partnership with music licensing platform Melodie Melodie is a music licensing platform and publisher providing music for creators, businesses and creative content platforms
News Warner Music Group-backed blockchain firm Dapper Labs raises $250m in new funding WMG joined an $11m investment round in Dapper Labs in September 2019
News BMG backs Credits Due campaign for songwriters launched by ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus BMG is the first international music company to commit to the campaign.
News Twitch strikes deal with music publishers According to the NMPA, Twitch will provide "new opportunities" to music publishers
News Thanks Universal! Warner Music Group just got $1.9bn more valuable after UMG listing UMG's share price closed at €25.10