News Warner Music Japan Chief Operating Officer Kazuhiro Shimada exits Shimada joined Warner Music Japan in November 2022
News Lenzo Yoon, one of the key execs behind the rise of BTS, is leaving HYBE (report) Exec joined the company in 2010 as Head of Strategic Planning
Analysis News Songwriter groups hail ‘landmark victory’ as US Copyright Office issues rule confirming how termination rights apply to streaming royalties Rule clarifies that songwriters are entitled to collect mechanical royalties from streaming platforms after they reclaim their rights
News Warner Music Balkans office launched by Warner Music South East Europe JV is a collaboration between WM SEE, Croatian label Dancing Bear, Serbian label Mascom and Slovenian label NIKA
News Believe buys 25% stake in Global Records, which claims to be the biggest indie music company in Central and Eastern Europe Global achieved over 6bn streams across all platforms in 2023 and over 20bn streams for its global catalog to date
News Primary Wave strikes music rights deal with songwriter and musician Keith Forsey Primary Wave has acquired Forsey's writer’s and producer shares
Interviews ‘Songwriters and publishers should be seeing a larger slice of the digital pie.’ MBW's World Leaders series meets Spek, PopArabia's Founder and Chief Executive Officer, and Reservoir's Executive Vice President of International and Emerging Markets
News Sony Music’s mystery Queen catalog co-investor is Apollo, say sources News comes after Apollo teamed with Concord in failed $1.5 billion bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund
News Cardi B accused of copyright infringement over ‘Enough (Miami)’ Lawsuit was filed in Texas on July 3 by musicians Joshua Fraustro and Miguel Aguilar
News Thomas Coesfeld appointed to Executive Board of BMG parent company Bertelsmann Coesfeld will be responsible on the Board for Bertelsmann’s music business, which he has headed as CEO since July 2023
News Binaural beats are known for their positive effects on the brain. Universal Music has invented tech that can generate and add them to existing audio tracks MBW has unearthed a recent patent application from Universal that could have a significant impact on the wellness space
News Britney Davis appointed General Manager of Quality Control QC was acquired by HYBE America in February 2023
News Hannah Neaves promoted to President of Universal Music Recordings in the UK Exec to head up catalog division of Universal Music UK
Analysis News TikTok’s parent company has filed a US patent application for a device that plays music Filing suggests that ByteDance may have considered the market power of an iPod-like device
News Merck Mercuriadis to step away as Chairman of Hipgnosis Song Management 'I am excited about the company’s future and its ongoing success with the support of Blackstone.'