News Jay Z named Chief Visionary Officer of new cannabis company, TPCO Holding Corp Jay-Z and Roc Nation to lead company's brand strategy and marketing
News Big Hit’s Weverse app has been key to its $400m pandemic success. Now it’s expanding the tech to Universal Music Group artists. Gracie Abrams, Alexander 23 and YUNGBLUD to become first US-signed artists to get Weverse fan communities
News Roc Nation teams with United Entertainment Group to form global licensing agency, Roc Nation United Company was established to identify, develop, market and implement global licensing and brand opportunities
News Ed Sheeran agent Jon Ollier launches new live booking agency, One Fiinix Live New company launches following the end of his tenure at CAA
News Music is now a ‘full blown category’ on Twitch, as Amazon-owned firm recruits for Head of Artist Relations New job ad reveals more about Twitch's ambitions in music, as platform's Music Directory launches
News Warner is signing double the number of artists via AI-driven A&R tool Sodatone than it did last year. Now, it’s hired a global head of Data Science. Data science expert Dr. Kobi Abayomi will lead analytics globally across WMG
News Peloton rival Echelon launches fully-licensed music offering for fitness classes UK-based company inks deal with SOCAN-owned MediaNet
News Tuhin Roy exits SVP of Innovation role at Universal Music Group to join TikTok rival Triller Roy joined UMG as Vice President of New Digital Business in 2017
News IMPEL expands into Japan with the addition of NexTone to its membership NexTone represents approximately 200,000 works including popular songs
News Dej Mahoney named Non-Executive Chairman at West One Music Group Mahoney has over 30 years' experience within the music and media industries
News Christopher Hicks appointed Chief Innovation Officer at Quality Control Music parent QC Media Holdings Hicks will focus on identifying, developing, and launching new partnerships and services across Film, TV, Digital, Music Master, Music Publishing and Technology
News Snapchat takes on TikTok with Spotlight and pledges to pay $1m to creators every day until end of 2020 Feature uses an algorithm to surface the 'most engaging' content
News Sarah Lockhart promoted to Head of A&R, UK at Sony/ATV Exec leads the UK division’s revamped A&R department
News Brian Egan named EVP, Strategic Planning and Advancement at Concord Egan will lead projects focused on industry analysis and competitive assessments
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Mike Caren, The Killers, Epidemic Sound, Round Hill, Snap The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place