News Eric Levin, long-time Warner Music Group CFO, to retire later this yearLevin, who joined WMG in 2014, will help Robert Kyncl search for his successor
Analysis News Spotify’s mission statement is preposterous. Its latest announcements prove it.Drilling behind the numbers released by Spotify last week, to discover the hard truth
News HYBE pulls out of bid to acquire 40% stake in SM Entertainment: ‘The market has been showing signs of overheating due to our competition with Kakao.’It's the end of the road for HYBE's ambition to buy up a large stake in one of its biggest K-pop rivals
News Kobalt founder Willard Ahdritz leads seven-figure investment round in artist marketing platform un:hurdSelf-serve marketing platform also attracts investment from Musiio founder, amongst others
Analysis News Universal’s music catalog spending has shrunk dramatically over the past two years. Why?A dive into the reasons why Universal's spending on catalog rights has reduced by 61 percent since its 2020 billion-dollar splurge
News Larry Jackson’s $1bn-backed gamma is go: Eldridge and Apple-financed firm acquires Vydia, hires Ike Youssef, Ben CookFormer Apple exec's new company inks deals with Snoop Dogg and other major artists for launch
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Jérémy ErlichSpotify's Global Head of Music on the songs that have soundtracked his existence
Analysis News From Universal’s billions to Deezer’s new Board Director… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest stories on MBW from the past seven days
Analysis News Universal Music Group generated more than $1bn per quarter, on average, from recorded music subscription streaming in 2022UMG posts double-digit YoY growth (just!) in its recorded music subscription streaming revenues
Analysis News Scooter Braun and HYBE want to build a ‘major’ music label. How will their $300m bet on Quality Control play into that aim?An in-depth look at the biggest music industry deal of 2023 so far
Analysis News Deezer generated over $470m in 2022, with a $175m operating loss, and just named Stu Bergen as a Director on its BoardDeezer posts 10.6% YoY rise in overall revenues for 2022 at constant currency
News Long-time Warner Music Group board member, Thomas H. Lee, found dead at 78Warner, Thomas H. Lee Partners, and Lee's family pay tribute to entrepreneur, who was found dead in New York yesterday
Analysis News How Sony Music Group accelerated its status as the world’s 2nd biggest music rights company in 2022In a milestone year for Sony, the company's global music operation grew the gap between it and Warner's annual revenues
News Tuned Global inks deal to provide yoga and fitness giant Lululemon with licensed music for Lululemon StudioWhite label app solution enables instructors to search for music via filters based on criteria such as BPM, key, genre, and other variables
Analysis News Taylor Swift’s recorded music generated more money globally than any other artist in 2022MBW explains why Bad Bunny didn't make the Top 3 - despite having the biggest streaming album by far in the US last year