News HarbourView ups credit facility capacity by $100m to buy more music rights HarbourView’s credit facility capacity has been increased to $300m
News PULSE Music Group forms Supermoon Songs JV with Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Dan Wilson Artist, songwriter, and instrumentalist Paul Dally is the first signing to Supermoon Songs
News Elliot Grainge’s 10K Projects makes key executive appointments, including General Counsel and CFO Blake Brown-Grakal named General Counsel, Samuel Cohen named General Manager, and Max Gore named CFO
News Paul Hitchman promoted to Global COO role at AWAL Based in London, Hitchman will continue to report to AWAL CEO Lonny Olinick
News Music creation company Muse Group acquires sheet music publisher Hal Leonard… with backing from private equity firm Francisco Partners Francisco Partners acquired a majority stake in Kobalt Music Group in 2022
News Over 75,000 artists in 20+ countries can now sell concert tickets directly within the TikTok app TikTok expands ticketing partnership with Live Nation-owned Ticketmaster
News Spotify to axe over 1,500 jobs in latest round of layoffs Spotify is slashing around 17% of its global workforce
News Jenny Hermanson, Spotify’s MD for the Nordic region, to exit company after 14 years SPOT's Sweden-based MD for the Nordic region, Jenny Hermanson, is leaving the company
Interviews ‘Spinnin’ Records has an independent approach, but with major opportunities on both a local and worldwide level.’ MBW's World Leaders series interviews Ewout Swart and Roger De Graaf, Co-Presidents of Warner Music Group-owned Spinnin’ Records
Analysis Interviews Sony Music has issued nearly 10,000 deepfake takedowns… and other things we learned from Dennis Kooker’s speech about AI Sony Music's President of Global Digital Business delivered a speech at Chuck Schumer's AI Insight Forum
News TikTok leans further into music with new Artist Accounts for musicians 'Artist Accounts' feature various promotional tools for musicians
News Rio Caraeff appointed Chief Business Officer at Musixmatch Former Vevo CEO joins lyrics and music data platform in key role
Analysis News Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist on Spotify in 2023, with over 26.1bn global streams Spotify has published its year-end charts alongside the launch of its 2023 Wrapped campaign
News Sony Music and CTS EVENTIM acquire two ticketing firms in South America via joint venture EVENTIM joint venture to acquire majority stakes in Punto Ticket in Chile and Teleticket in Peru
News After scrapping artist merch fees at its US club venues, Live Nation ups minimum wage to $20/hour for 5,000+ employees Initiative is part of a wider program called 'On the Road Again' created with legendary artist Willie Nelson