News Universal Music Group generated over $1m per hour in Q1… and expects to go public in the fall Another strong quarter for Sir Lucian Grainge and co, as Q1 streaming revenue leaps up 20% year-on-year
Interviews ‘Good artist management is saying no to most things – and yes to the right things.’ Here, Rob Swerdlow explains the evolution of Starwood over the past three decades – and where the company plans to go with its multi-award-winning roster in 2021 and beyond…
News Check out the latest issue of MBW’s Music Business UK right here Read the Preview edition of our latest magazine all about the British market
News Songtradr acquires Pretzel, which provides DMCA-proof music for Twitch and YouTube livestreamers It's Songtradr's third acquisition in the past six months alone
News Why are Paul McCartney, Led Zeppelin, Sting, Chris Martin and Stevie Nicks demanding the UK government ‘fixes streaming’? Page and Plant reunited at last... in letter calling for 50% of 'lean back' streaming royalties to be paid direct to artists
Analysis News Apple Music just made a lot of claims about what it pays artists. Let’s take a closer look. A new email from Apple has revealed some big numbers, and a couple of digs at Spotify. MBW gives its take.
Interviews Why SoundCloud has the music business right where it wants it. Michael Weissman, CEO of SoundCloud, answers MBW's questions on payout models, tipping, and where the music industry's headed
News SXSW is now 50% owned by Rolling Stone and Billboard parent (and MBW investor) P-MRC Austin conference and festival will return for an in-person event in March 2022
News Reservoir to list on the NASDAQ via SPAC merger with $788m valuation Reservoir has spent $400m on catalog acquisitions to date – and says it's going to keep on buying
Analysis News TikTok users watch the app for an average of 89 minutes per day – and there’s 732m of them worldwide Leaked pitch deck reveals a slew of the Bytedance app's key numbers in 2021
News Sony pumps another $200m into Fortnite maker Epic Games as part of $1bn funding round MBW estimates that Sony now owns between 2% and 2.5% in Epic Games
News Eliah Seton to join SoundCloud in a senior role? MBW sources indicate that Warner veteran has accepted a potentially game-changing role with Michael Weissman
News Cat Kreidich named President of Warner’s ADA Former Sony exec Kreidich takes new role just months after joining Warner and ADA
News BMG and KKR are ready to spend $1bn on music copyrights – and that’s just for starters… BMG's Hartwig Masuch and KKR's Nat Zilkha on the music industry's new acquisitive super-alliance
Analysis News From Scooter Braun’s billion-dollar deal to Apple’s backing of UnitedMasters: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place