News Rob Jonas named CEO of trends and analytics platform P-MRC Data P-MRC Data brings together MRC Data (formerly Nielsen Music), Alpha Data and Variety Business Intelligence
News CTS Eventim launches Eventim Live Asia in partnership with ex-Live Nation exec Jason Miller Former head of Asia at Live Nation says CTS Eventim is "as much a global touring company as anyone in the world"
News Vivendi’s 70% Universal Music Group sell-off is getting… complicated Pershing Square could now acquire 5%, rather than 10%, of world's biggest music rights company
News Universal’s $4bn SPAC deal scrapped, as Bill Ackman shifts Pershing Square buy to Holdings company "None of us anticipated this outcome. Yet, despite the inability of PSTH to consummate the UMG transaction, our counterparty was not left at the altar."
News From the rise of catalog music to Europe’s new big money SPAC: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News In more good news for music’s value, Round Hill raises $86.5m in share issue – far exceeding target News follows Hipgnosis also exceeding its raise target earlier this month
Analysis News Are we witnessing the death of the streaming megahit? MBW analysis of MRC Data figures shows a dramatic reduction in streaming market share for Top 10 hits
News Major record companies hammered by UK politicians’ streaming inquiry report DCMS report recommends British competition authority investigates majors, MBW is told
Analysis News Over 66% of all music listening in the US is now of catalog records, rather than new releases New MRC Data report shows how catalog has increased its dominance over new music in 2021
News Could this technology, built by a Grammy-winning producer, blow up music’s ‘black box’ once and for all? SonicData believes its watermarking technology solves music's metadata problems
News From Queen’s big money to Hipgnosis’ new fund-raise: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News Actually… Universal Music Group spent nearly $3 BILLION on catalog acquisitions and artist advances last year Vivendi's annual report shows that UMG splashed out $2.87 billion on catalogs and artist advances in 2020
News Indian rapper Badshah was the world’s No.1 songwriter on YouTube last year, says new report Second biggest songwriter on YouTube last year was Tones and I, shows Blokur data
News Hipgnosis Songs Fund raises $215m with new share placing – as investor demand exceeds target Over-subscribed offer of new shares significantly boost warchest of acquisitive UK-listed firm
News Finneas O’Connell was the world’s No.1 songwriter on Spotify last year, says report Thomas Hull aka Kid Harpoon also did well on charts