News From Universal Music impressing investors to Olivia Rodrigo giving credit where it’s due: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The news that mattered this week – and why it mattered
Analysis News Warner Music has changed leaders in no less than 10 key international markets since its IPO. Why? Simon Robson explains Warner's strategy following slew of top-level changes worldwide
News TuneCore, which paid out over $400m to indie artists last year, has a new CEO: Andreea Gleeson Gleeson joined TuneCore in 2015, the same year it was acquired by Believe
News Kristen Burke named President of Warner Music Canada; Steve Kane exits company after 20 years Burke joins Warner from Universal Music Canada, where she worked for more than two decades
News Spotify is giving podcasters perks that will make independent music artists very jealous US podcasters can now charge subscriptions and download a database of email addresses
News Shodement raises over $13 million to fund advances for UK indie artists Sound Royalties joins funding round for UK-based startup's new A&R cash pot
News China is banning music that ‘insults or defames others’ in its 50,000 karaoke venues New crackdown on offensive music coming in October as market's industry power keeps growing
News Aerosmith inks deal to bring entire catalog to Universal Music Group Deal will bring the band's current Sony Music recordings into a Universal Music Group partnership
News From Spotify’s $1bn share buyback to Downtown’s big change: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest music biz headlines of the week - and why they matter
News Spotify is ready to buy back $1bn in stock from shareholders Does Spotify think the market is currently undervaluing its stock?
News SESAC acquires royalty collection platform Audiam from SOCAN Move brings Audiam and Harry Fox Agency under one roof in the US
News David Orleans, ‘godfather’ of ADA, becoming Chairman Emeritus of Warner company Orleans will move into the new role on January 1, 2022
News UnitedMasters is now offering $1m advances to indie artists, plus real-time streaming royalty pay-outs Steve Stoute's company teams with beatBread and Paperchain to up its game in the world of financial tools
News Andrew Bergman named Downtown CEO, as Justin Kalifowitz becomes Executive Chairman Today, Downtown manages more than 23 million music assets on behalf of over a million artists and enterprise clients
News Reservoir generated $16.7m in calendar Q2 – and paid out $6m in songwriter royalties and publishing costs Newly-public company reveals first set of quarterly results for NASDAQ investors