Interviews Hartwig Masuch thinks the music industry is putting too much of its money in the wrong places. The BMG boss opens up on frontline vs catalog investment, and much more
Analysis Would AWAL really have thrived had it not been sold to Sony Music? MBW crunches the numbers on AWAL, and asks if the UK competition watchdog is looking in the right direction
Analysis News David Bowie’s entire catalog is coming to Warner Music from 2023 Bowie estate strikes deal to license entirety of icon's recordings to Warner across the globe
News Believe revenues jump 30% in H1 2021 to over $300 million Believe's founder says growth "reflects our unparalleled appeal to a new generation of independent digital artists looking for go-to-market solutions and a wide range of expertise"
News SNEP snipes at Believe. Believe bites back. SNEP refuses to publish half-year data in France, blaming Believe for not contributing its figures
News Cinq Music parent GoDigital acquires music finance company Sound Royalties in ‘high eight-figure’ deal Jason Peterson's company makes major move for US-based financing company
Analysis News Drake’s Certified Lover Boy had a huge first week on Spotify… but not as big as Scorpion’s The numbers are in.... and they show Drizzy's latest LP was around 60 million streams short of his record in week one
News After selling AWAL, Kobalt pays $89m to buy back equity from shareholders Kobalt confirms to MBW that it has handed over cash from AWAL sale to some of its investors
News Milk & Honey expands into Australasia with Sydney office led by Daniel Nall Management firm adds to offices in the US, UK, and Europe as it continues global expansion
Analysis News Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, Spotify, and the destruction of the all-dominant streaming superstar What the performance of Drizzy's new studio record tells us about a growing trend in the music business
Interviews ‘I don’t expect artists to have their s**t organized. That’s what I’m here for.’ Wassim 'Sal' Slaiby on his upbringing in Lebanon, arriving in Canada – and an amazing career in music
News Roberto Neri, ex-Downtown EVP, joins Utopia Music as COO Fast-growing music tech company now has over 100 employees – and is continuing to staff up
News Bill Ackman: Universal and Warner are both under-valued… but UMG’s the right bet for us Billionaire investor explains his rationale for paying nearly $4 billion for 10% of Universal Music Group
News BMG revenues up 9% in first half of 2021… and it has over $1bn of acquisition deals in play with KKR Recordings revenues were up 29.4% on the same period last year, says Hartwig Masuch
News Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic Apple Music plans to launch a dedicated classical music app next year combining Primephonic’s classical user interface with more added features