News Matt Pincus’ MUSIC raises $200m, as it eyes record label, publishing, tech and Web3 investments JS Capital Management and Schusterman Family Investments join Liontree to partner with Pincus
News Tim Pithouse joins Three Six Zero as President of Central Services, overseeing Marketing and Web3 Pithouse joins Three Six Zero from Sony Music's The Orchard, where he was Global Head of Artist & Label Services
Analysis Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Music both added more paying music users than Spotify in Q1 NetEase Cloud Music added 7.8 million paying users in Q1; Tencent Music added 4.0 million
News Zach Katz joins FaZe Clan as President and COO, ahead of eSports firm’s expected $1bn SPAC merger Former BMG President teams up with Lee Trink, the one-time head of EMI Capitol
News Sony Music Publishing signs deal with BTS co-writer MAX The announcement comes on the heels of the news that MAX has co-written the upcoming BTS single, Yet to Come.
Analysis Streaming’s surprise growth in Sweden suggests that, for Spotify, the time for price rises is now MBW turns a magnifying glass to Sweden and Brazil, and discovers some startling statistics about Daniel Ek's successes
News Dominique Casimir promoted to Chief Content Officer at BMG, taking on responsibility for UK repertoire The move will see Casimir carry direct responsibility for BMG’s repertoire operations in 16 international territories
Analysis News Snapchat owner sued by Swiss collection society for ‘refusing to pay authors and publishers for music on its platform’ SESAC applaud's SUISA's efforts to take Snap Inc to task over alleged copyright infringement
News Sony Music Publishing teams with Domain Capital to acquire career-spanning catalog from hit songwriter Ashley Gorley. (MBW’s sources put the deal at $40m.) Gorley had three cuts featured on the standard version of the biggest album in the US last year, Morgan Wallen's Dangerous: The Double Album
News Warner Music Group posts $1.38bn in calendar Q1 revenue, up 13.2% YoY Major sellers in the quarter included Ed Sheeran, Michael Bublé, Dua Lipa and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Analysis News Sony generated $1.99bn from recorded music and music publishing in calendar Q1, up 13.5% YoY MBW calculates growth in Sony's music publishing and recorded music revenues in calendar Q1
Analysis News Last week, Daniel Ek bought $50m in Spotify stock. Today, Spotify’s share price sunk to an all-time low. Ek tweeted on Friday that he believed Spotify's "best days are ahead"
News BMG slams ‘industry consensus that turned a blind eye to a 15-year pay freeze for songwriters’ “We regret on this occasion that we did not speak out earlier and more robustly against an industry consensus that turned a blind eye to what has been a 15-year pay freeze for songwriters."
Analysis News Pink Floyd considering sale of recorded music catalog for hundreds of millions of dollars, say Bloomberg sources Warner bought control of Pink Floyd with Parlophone. But not, it seems, for the long term.
Analysis Interviews The Fed just raised interest rates. So did the Bank Of England. A leading music asset valuer explains why it isn’t worrying. Citrin Cooperman's Nari Matsuura explains, in detail, why her firm's Discount Rate for music assets isn't changing