News Kim Youngberg joins The Davis Firm as Partner Youngberg has also joined custom music company DJDTP as Chief Legal Officer
News Tom Foley promoted to SVP, Worldwide Portfolio Management and Analysis at Sony Music Publishing He previously held the position of Vice President, North American Royalty Administration in Nashville
News Micki Stern promoted to SVP of Clearance and Sync Licensing at Warner Chappell Music Stern ran her own music clearance company for over a decade prior to joining Warner Chappell in 2019
News Raised In Space, Jason Flom join $11m investment round in music licensing tech platform Songclip Songclip has patented technology for integrating popular licensed music as a feature in social apps
News Claire Mas joins livestream company Driift as Chief Operating Officer Exec was formerly Head of Digital at Island Records, where she led campaigns for artists such as Sigrid, Mumford & Sons and others
News Ticketing platform DICE launches direct-to-fan merch service Company says that it is partnering with merchandise specialists to offer the new service
Analysis ‘The death of the artist’? Why Big Hit and BTS just raised the alarm on the record industry’s future. Why Big Hit's recent investment is symptomatic of a wider, potentially worrying, trend for major record companies
News Grammy-winning producer and songwriter J. White Did It inks global deal with Sony Music Publishing He recently produced the single Savage by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Michael Gudinski, SoundCloud, Universal, TIDAL, Anghami The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Electronic music veteran Nick Halkes strikes JV with Sentric Music Group and takes on A&R consultancy role Halkes co-founded XL Recordings and launched the Positiva label in the past
News Lindsay Nahmiache appointed Chief Marketing Officer at Songtradr Nahmiache will oversee global marketing expansion for all Songtradr companies
News Elsa Vivero promoted to General Manager / EVP, Global Commercial Services at Warner Music Group’s WEA Vivero was previously EVP, Global Digital Account Management
News Partisan Records launches new joint venture label section1 Los Angeles-based label launched by Brontë Jane (VP of A&R at Third Side Music) alongside Chris Robbins and Tom Wironen of Friendly Announcer management
News Warner Chappell France teams with songwriter Benjamin Biolay’s publishing company Bambi Rose Warner Chappell will represent Biolay’s catalog and future works as part of the deal