News Brad Levin promoted to SVP, Finance at Sony/ATV Levin originally joined Sony Corporation of America in 2002
News Glassnote launches new publishing company, Connection Music, led by Jackie Post Exec most recently worked at Kobalt
News Sony Music partners with video platform StarNews Mobile to promote artists in the Ivory Coast StarNews recently raised $1.8m in seed funding
News Bartosz Szwoch appointed CFO, Warner Music Eastern Europe He joins the company from Polish music industry body ZPAV
News RealNetworks completes sale of Napster to MelodyVR in $70.6m deal Napster started 2020 with over 3m users across four continents, according to RealNetworks
News Anghami sells stake to Dubai investment giant Shuaa Capital Shuaa has around $14 billion in assets under management
News Alibaba to close streaming platform Xiami Music next month Platform was bought by Jack Ma's Alibaba in 2013
News Live Nation to raise additional $500m in debt $500m will be raised via a secured note sale, according to a release published on December 17
News Warner Music Group inks licensing deal with TikTok Agreement marks video platform's second major label deal
News Warner Chappell Music France inks global deal with Aya Nakamura Artist and songwriter recently topped the French charts with Plus Jamais feat Stormzy
News DJ Semtex launches new weekly podcast series, Hip Hop Raised Me Series starts on January 11 with Chuck D of Public Enemy
News Ryan Payne promoted to Global Head of Marketing at Glassnote Payne was previously Head of Marketing and has been with the company since 2015
Interviews ‘I figured out a really long time ago that I work for the artist, they don’t work for me.’ Tame Impala manager Jodie Regan on dealing with the challenges of 2020, how she met Kevin Parker and the secret to a lasting relationship with a megastar client
News Rui Suzuki appointed Chief Financial Officer at Universal Music Japan Suzuki joins from personal financial management service, Moneytree
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Lucian Grainge, Tencent, Spotify, Beatport, TikTok The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place