News Cyndi Lauper sells publishing catalog and master recording revenue to Pophouse Entertainment, the company behind ABBA Voyage Deal marks Pophouse’s first acquisition from a US artist
Analysis News Universal Music Group generated over $1 billion per month on average in 2023 MBW crunches the numbers from UMG's latest quarterly earnings announcement
News Deezer CEO Jeronimo Folgueira exits Folgueira will continue to fulfill his duties as CEO until his departure at the end of March 2024
Interviews ‘Country Music is having the moment we all know it deserved for a long time.’ MBW's Trailblazers meets Barry Daffurn, President and Co-Founder of Los Angeles-headquartered music label, distribution, and rights management company, Cinq Music Group
News SEVENTEEN’s FML was the biggest-selling album globally last year, according to IFPI News arrives a day after Miley Cyrus’ Flowers was named the biggest-selling single globally last year
News Atlantic Music Group makes around two dozen layoffs to ‘achieve maximum impact’ for its artists News was announced in a memo sent by Atlantic Music Group Chairman and CEO, Julie Greenwald
Analysis News Warner Music Group is building a superfan app WMG CEO Robert Kyncl revealed the news at the Web Summit tech conference in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday, February 27
News TikTok has ALREADY started removing Universal’s music publishing catalog from its platform This Friday (March 1), TikTok's current license for the Universal Music Publishing Group catalog – spanning some 4 million songs – officially expires
News Sales from K-Pop stars including Jungkook and Seventeen pushed HYBE’s revenues to over $1.6bn in 2023 South Korea-based entertainment giant HYBE has published its earnings for Q4 and FY 2023
News Miley Cyrus’ Flowers was the biggest-selling single globally last year, according to the IFPI Flowers by Miley Cyrus is the winner of the IFPI Global Single Award for 2023
News Universal Music Group buys majority stake in Afrobeats label Mavin TPG has fully exited the business, while Kupanda Capital will a remain minority investor and strategic adviser
News Over 145m fans attended 50,000+ Live Nation events in 2023, with company’s FY revenues up 36% YoY to $22.7bn in its ‘biggest year ever’ Concert giant publishes its Q4 and FY 2023 financial results
News TikTok’s Global Head of Music Operations, Paul Hourican, exits The London-based exec joined the business in November 2019 as Head of Music Operations, UK & EU
News Catch Point is offering upfront cash payments to acquire songwriters’ PRO income streams Catch Point has previously acquired interests in thousands of sound recordings publishing rights since it launched in 2020
News Spotify launches music advisory agency for brands, led by former FIFA Global Marketing Director Jean-François Pathy 'Spotify AUX will broaden the opportunities available to artists,' said Pathy