News Beggars and Secretly strike deal with Cargo Records to launch new UK-based indie distribution company Cargo Independent Distribution will be led by Cargo Records UK founder & CEO Phil Hill
Analysis News Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s Universal Music Capital Markets day opening address in full: ‘Streaming will continue to propel many years of industry growth.’ Superfandom, quantum leaps, and fundemental facts...
News New brands and experiences company Loud House Group launches with ex-Warner Music and Fanatics exec Dan Goldberg as CEO Loud House Group is backed by investment firm Preface Global
News Believe targets Regional Mexican Music expansion with new leadership team in Mexico City Marco Cataño named Head of Artist Services, LATAM; José Pablo Molina appointed Head of Label & Artist Solutions, Mexico
Analysis News Pink Floyd’s recordings catalog could soon sell for $400m-$500m. But how much does it earn today? MBW has unearthed annual accounts filed by two UK-based companies owned by Pink Floyd
News American Hockey League sued for alleged copyright infringement by Sony and Universal-owned production music firm APM AHL becomes latest US-based professional sports league to be involved in litigation over alleged copyright infringement
News Kaoruko Hill appointed General Manager, APAC at Merlin Exec most recently worked in the Music Data & Rights Management team at ByteDance
News Warner Music Korea launches English-language music label MPLIFY, led by Samuel Ku Korean-Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Marsh is the first artist to join the label
News Downtown Music Publishing inks global deal with PDU, the company from iconic Italian singer Mina Italian singer Mina has sold more than 150 million records worldwide
News Netflix chief Ted Sarandos cashes out $6m in Spotify stock Sarandos cashed out 17,710 SPOT shares on Thursday, September 12
News HYBE buys 51% stake in mystery company for $25m HYBE recently spent USD $25 million to acquire a 51% stake in an unknown company.
News Trio of ex-BMG bigwigs launch new indie label in Germany… with a human heart Max Giesinger named as debut signing for new label launched by Dominique Casimir, Maximilian Kolb and Justus Haerder
News Abu Dhabi’s ESMAA and Anghami settle legal dispute and strike licensing agreement Deal marks the resolution of a legal dispute between Anghami and ESMAA (representing PopArabia and Reservoir)
News BMI files rate court action against SiriusXM Petition filed in New York on Thursday, September 12
News Universal launches Def Jam Recordings Sweden under the leadership of Mattias Caliste Mattias Caliste most recently ran Virgin Music Sweden