Music Business Worldwide

Is this TikTok’s next big music hire?

MBW hears that Ole Obermann will be getting a big gig at social video service

The major labels are starting to find life tougher in Sweden. Is this a wake-up call for the future?

Independent artists continue to rise – as first-party playlists take control in crucial market

Concord buys rock label Victory Records and sister company Another Victory Publishing

The acquisition includes approximately 4,500 master recordings and 3,500 compositions

Interviews News

Rob Stringer talks Sony’s strategy, Tencent/Universal… and why music is worth more than ‘2 minutes of someone snoring in Lapland’

Sony Music Group Chairman & CEO gives his thoughts on the modern marketplace

Latin music will generate close to $500m from streaming in the US this year – but it’s losing (a bit of) market share

Across all formats, genre claimed 4.31% share in the first half of 2019

Sony and Tencent’s ‘East meets West’ label, Liquid State, ramps up A&R with R3HAB signing, new projects

'Liquid State is committed to making R3HAB not only one of the biggest artists in China, but also across the whole Asia continent.'

After Spotify and Universal, could Tencent buy its way even further into the music business?

Will $430bn-valued Tencent want a piece of Sony, Warner, BMG or Kobalt?

Austin Daboh joins Apple Music as Head of Editorial for UK & Ireland

Daboh reports to George Ergatoudis, Head of Music at Apple Music UK

As predicted, Amazon launches $15-per-month hi-def music streaming service, Amazon Music HD

“Earth will be changed forever when Amazon introduces high quality streaming to the masses," says Neil Young

British music is losing its market power in the USA. Does BMG have the answer?

"The problem for UK artists is that US-based companies naturally tend to favor their local repertoire... our view is that UK artists and songwriters deserve better than that."

How Lewis Capaldi became a billion-stream superstar – according to his manager, Ryan Walter

"Musically, he’s my favourite artist of all time. I know that probably sounds lame, but it’s true."

Warner on Lily Allen’s alleged assault perpetrator: ‘We understand he wasn’t and isn’t our employee.’

Company CEO says Allen's account is "deeply disturbing and obviously an appalling thing to have happened"

YouTube bans paid-for plays from contributing towards its Music Charts

'Paid advertising views on YouTube will no longer be considered when looking at a 24-hour record debut.'

Can Amazon Music damage Spotify’s market strength in Brazil?

"Today’s launch represents a momentous step for Amazon Music, as Brazil is one of the most important music destinations in the world."

Spotify is now a music-making marketplace, as it buys New York-based SoundBetter

Daniel Ek's "two-sided marketplace" is becoming a reality