News Warner Music Group acquires Amsterdam-based label Cloud 9 Recordings Cloud 9 Co-founder Raymond van Vliet to remain as President of Cloud 9 Recordings
News Spotify launches Free tier in South Korea Spotify launched in South Korea in February 2021 without its ad-supported tier
News atVenu, a live event commerce and music merch sales platform, secures $130m equity investment from Sixth Street Growth News arrives amid the investment world's continued interest in the live events space
Analysis News Tencent Music is ‘strategically deploying advanced AI tools’ to crack down on infringement amid the rise of AI-generated content Company's ESG report provides details on how it tackles copyright infringement amid the rise of AI-generated music
News Spotify slams ‘outdated bureaucracy’ in Sweden as it moves ‘parts’ of 250 jobs from its home market after court ruling over night shifts Court rejects Spotify's request to allow its engineers in the market to work shifts between midnight and 5am
News David Cassidy rights acquired by Iconoclast in eight-figure deal Cassidy’s portrayal in the 1970s of Keith Partridge in The Partridge Family 'turned him into a teen idol of unprecedented proportions'
News Ex-Spotify UK & Ireland boss Tom Connaughton joins independent UK distributor Canvas Music as Partner and Senior Advisor Canvas has also signed a long-term joint venture with US-based Symphonic Distribution
News Eric Wong upped to Head of Global A&R, Recorded Music at Warner; Jessica Keeley-Carter promoted to Chief Marketing Officer Both execs report directly to WMG CEO, Robert Kyncl
News Warner and Meta strike multi-year licensing deal covering Instagram, Facebook and for the first time… WhatsApp New deal will also see companies further their discussions 'on the potential of AI'.
News Chris Moncada promoted to Chief Operating Officer of MNRK Music Group Exec is based in Toronto and will work across various MRNK offices in New York, Nashville, Toronto, and the UK
News ‘Espresso’ hitmaker Julian Bunetta inks global publishing agreement with Sony Music Publishing Bunetta worked on Sabrina Carpenter’s No.1 single Espresso, among many other hits
News From Pink Floyd’s $400m deal to TikTok’s scrapped Merlin talks… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Coldplay launch exclusive TikTok ‘MOON MUSiC’ in-app experience Coldplay become latest artists to launch an interactive in-app experience on TikTok
News Niamh Byrne and Jill Hollywood named as Chair and Vice-Chair of the UK’s MMF Theory Management’s Hide Whone will also join the MMF board
News Renato Vanzella promoted to General Manager of LATAM at Downtown-owned FUGA Exec was formerly FUGA’s General Manager of Brazil