News Universal launches audio-visual content house Mercury Studios, led by CEO Alice Webb Eagle Rock brand retired; Mercury Studios will produce content across performance/live, factual/reality, scripted, artist and filmmaker partnerships
News Downtown buys catalog of Motown legend Mickey Stevenson, including Martha Reeves hit Dancing In The Street Deal covers Motown songs including Dancing In The Street, Stubborn Kind of Fellow and Devil With the Blue Dress
News Sony Music Masterworks and Wise Music Group ink strategic partnership to find artist and composer talent Companies will work together to sign and develop new talent in the broad-based classical genre
News Mr. Eazi, Bun B, Tobe Nwigwe and more to speak at UnitedMasters’ second SelectCon virtual conference Inaugural event attracted over 1m viewers in July
News Theo Battaglia promoted to Executive Vice President / Head of Creative at 10K Projects Battaglia joined 10K Projects in 2019 as Head of Marketing
News Spotify just invented AI technology that will police songwriter plagiarism Spotify's in-house AI expert, François Pachet, is a co-founder of the new technology, now being reviewed for a European patent
News Larry Mattera named General Manager of Capitol Records and EVP of Capitol Music Group Mattera was most recently General Manager and Executive Vice President of Commerce & Marketing at Warner Records
News Stormzy signs to Universal’s new 0207 Def Jam label, exits Atlantic deal Signing announcement comes a week after Alec and Alex Boateng were officially unveiled as co-Presidents of the label
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: SoundCloud, 0207 Def Jam, China, Big Hit, Simon Robson The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Vevo Artists To Watch 2021: Toosii, Flo Milli, S1MBA, Pa Salieu, KennyHoopla MBW has once again partnered with Vevo to showcase the company's carefully curated DSCVR Artists To Watch
News Sony Music Brazil launches accelerator program to drive AI developments in the market Focus will be identifying music solutions powered by AI and ML that can support artist career development and fan experiences
News TikTok inks multi-year licensing deal with ICE Deal 'establishes a flow of royalty payments to songwriters and publishers,' reads a joint statement
News Warner’s ADA Benelux inks series of new deals with Belgian and Dutch labels and artists Company inks deals with Big Top Amsterdam, Absolute P, BMKLTSCH RCRDS, Mattan Records, Noisesome Recordings and others
News AI music platform Muru Music Health partners with Universal Music Australia, launches crowdfund Australian AI startup aims 'to help ward off the effects of brain ageing' with music
News BMG acquires Cheyenne Records catalog including music by Germany’s most successful girl group No Angels Catalog contains more than 600 master recordings