News The Beatles merch finds new home at Sony Music’s The Thread Shop in North America First wave of merchandise will be introduced with a Beatles pop-up store in New York from December 11-22
News Tencent invests $2bn in ByteDance rival Kuaishou – report Short-form video firm is reportedly close to completing a $3 billion-pre-IPO funding round
News Electronic music giant ID&T appoints Edo van Duijn as Music Director Exec has over 20 years of experience in the industry
News Genius sues Google for ‘no less than $50m’, alleging ‘anticompetitive practices’ over lyrics Lawsuit was filed in New York on Tuesday (December 3)
News Spinal Tap’s UMG case might be over, but Vivendi is not off the hook yet Case against StudioCanal 'seeks hundreds of millions of dollars in compensatory and punitive damages'
News Warner Music Group ups Jon Glass to Head of Digital Legal Affairs He was with Sony Music Entertainment in Business & Legal Affairs, Global Digital Business
News AWAL signs worldwide recordings deal with girl in red Norwegian Singer-Songwriter inks deal for debut LP
News Liv Lyons joins Lee & Thompson music team as Senior Associate Lyons was previously at Simons Muirhead & Burton LLP
Interviews ‘My goal is to have 250,000 songs and be worth $1 billion.’ Jon Singer talks MBW through the management buyout – and the future – of Spirit Music Group
Interviews ‘Defected is not a record label anymore. We’re much more than that.’ Simon Dunmore offers a glimpse into the unquestionably iconic world of Defected as it celebrates its 20th anniversary
News VEVO ARTISTS TO WATCH 2020: Sports Team, Vitão, NSG, Beba, No Rome MBW has once again partnered with Vevo to showcase the company's carefully curated Artists To Watch
News Online radio platform NTS launches ‘NTS Friends’ membership club Company broadcasts 24/7 via two live channels and has 'thousands of hours' of content available on demand
News ByteDance wants to split TikTok from operations in China – report Report follows launch of Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) inquiry
News MLC hires Richard Thompson as Chief Information Officer and selects partners to develop data portal Exec to oversee development and launch of organization's data platform
News Warner’s annual streaming revenue tops $2bn, as firm posts $258m net profit Major sellers included Ed Sheeran, Johnny Hallyday, The Greatest Showman soundtrack, Cardi B and Meek Mill