News Major record companies issue statements condemning terrorist attacks in Israel Major recording companies and the Recording Academy condemn the atrocious attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Israel over the weekend
News Universal Music Group’s share price just hit a 12-month high, as company’s market cap climbs to $49 billion News comes after a number of prominent Wall Street analysts maintained a 'Buy' rating on UMG's stock
Analysis News The Spotify Top 20 is a snapshot of a much bigger story about independents, majors, and artist ownership From Drake to Taylor Swift, KAROL G, and Bad Bunny – different types of 'independent artist' are operating at the top of the modern global business
News Oana Ruxandra, Chief Digital Officer at Warner Music Group, to exit company Ruxandra confirmed her decision to leave in a note to WMG staff today
News After Kylie Minogue album hits No.1 in the UK and Australia, artist’s global streams may be the bigger story for BMG Tension already has more than 170 million streams worldwide, says BMG
News Hipgnosis Songs Fund Chair, Andrew Sutch, to step down; all-important ‘continuation vote’ looks likely to happen on October 26 Shareholders will vote on whether to keep Hipgnosis Songs Fund as a close-ended investment entity next month
Analysis News [PIAS] boss Kenny Gates on Deezer x Universal’s ‘artist-centric’ model: ‘For labels who invest every year, relentlessly, in new talent, this has to be good news.’ Thought the debate had died down? Think again...
News Deezer raises prices for SECOND time in 12 months: Individual subscription now €11.99 per month in France, Spain, as Family Plan balloons to £19.99 per month in UK UK price remains at £11.99 a month – one pound more than Deezer's rivals in territory
Interviews Lucas Keller on ambition, songwriters, BMI – and what he’d do if he ran a major record company As Milk & Honey turns 10 years old, company founder Lucas Keller joins MBW's World's Greatest Managers series. He has some views...
News After growing Warner Chappell revenues by 93%, Guy Moot and Carianne Marshall ink new 5-year deals to run publisher Robert Kyncl pays tribute to duo, who are now contracted through to 2028
News Thomas Coesfeld’s first big move as BMG boss: A major distribution shake-up BMG agrees to split with ADA, with streaming distribution going in-house at Bertelsmann-owned company
News Hipgnosis’ Blackstone fund set to spend $440m buying 29 catalogs from Hipgnosis’ UK-listed fund; competitors have 40 days to try and outbid its offer. Public fund is also looking to sell another 20,000 songs acquired from Kobalt Capital for $25 million
Analysis Universal and Deezer’s ‘artist-centric’ model isn’t shocking. It emulates tech’s most successful titans. Yes, we're talking about it again. Why? Not enough people have connected the dots to Silicon Valley.
Analysis News Concord is ready to pay $468.8m to buy Round Hill’s UK fund. How did it reach that price? MBW gets out its calculator to pore over Citrin Cooperman's numbers