News Mike Harris named CEO of UMG Nashville; Dave Cobb appointed Chief Creative Officer Cindy Mabe, Chair and CEO of UMG Nashville since April 2023, is leaving the company "to pursue new opportunities".
News Cindy Mabe exits as CEO of Universal Music Group Nashville Exec was appointed Chair and CEO of UMGN in April, 2023
Analysis News Warner has a new deal with Amazon Music… and 4 other things we learned from Robert Kyncl on WMG’s latest earnings call WMG's leadership team conducted the company's calendar Q4 earnings call on February 6. MBW listened in, here's what stood out...
News Brian ‘Busy’ Dackowski named Executive Vice President/Head of Pop/Rock Digital Marketing at Capitol Records Exec will be based in Capitol’s Los Angeles headquarters
Analysis News Warner Music Group generated $1.67bn in calendar Q4; subscription streaming revenues rose 6.6% YoY Warner Music Group has published its financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2024
Analysis News TikTok’s parent company quietly launched a music licensing platform called EasyOde ByteDance appears to have a service in the works that could shake up the global music licensing market.
Analysis News K-Pop in crisis? Around 93m albums were sold in South Korea in 2024 – 23m fewer than in 2023 New data shows that, even as K-Pop gets bigger in the US, album sales declines in its home country in 2024
News Spotify slams the NMPA’s takedown action over alleged unlicensed songs in podcasts: ‘This is a press stunt.’ Spotify confirms that is investigating the takedown requests
News Warner Music Group and Audiomack expand licensing deal to cover 47 additional countries Partnership began in 2019 and was Audiomack’s first licensing deal with a major music company
Analysis News Spotify posts $1.5bn annual operating profit for 2024, as subscriber base grows to 263m in Q4 Spotify posted a quarterly operating income of over half a billion dollars
News Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s 2025 memo to Universal Music Group staff: ‘Streaming 2.0 will represent a new age of innovation, consumer segmentation, geographic expansion, greater consumer value and ARPU growth.’ UMG boss says: "I’m pleased to report that the Streaming 2.0 era has arrived."
News Warner Bros. Discovery strikes JV with Cutting Edge to co-own vast catalog of film and TV music, in deal worth $1bn+ Companies create a JV to co-own catalog of more than 400,000 compositions and song cues
Interviews ‘We aim to solidify Saudi Arabia as a global destination for music and entertainment within the next five years.’ MDLBEAST CEO Ramadan Alharatani talks XP Music Futures and shares his predictions for the music industry in the MENA region
News Exceleration Music acquires jazz specialist Mack Avenue Music Group Mack Avenue’s labels have earned several dozen Grammy nominations and awards
News Mike Chester promoted to General Manager of Warner Records Exec was most recently EVP of Promotion & Commerce