News Lucy Dickins, long-time agent for Adele and Mumford & Sons, to exit WME after seven years Current Co-Head Kirk Sommer will continue to lead WME's Contemporary Music division.
News From Sir Lucian Grainge on AI and Downtown, to Create raising $450M at a $2.2B valuation… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Kobalt inks worldwide sub publishing and admin deal with the UK’s Sync Music Global Kobalt will oversee global administration for the independent publisher’s catalogue and roster.
News Suicideboys sued in the UK by Rough Trade and Beggars Music over alleged unauthorized sample (report) The song in question has amassed over 115 million Spotify streams.
Analysis News Sir Lucian Grainge talks AI strategy, Downtown, D2C, superfans, and more on UMG’s latest earnings call MBW listened in to UMG's latest earnings call. Here's what we learned.
News UMG puts US listing plans on hold Company confirmed the decision as part of its Q4 and full-year 2025 earnings announcement on March 5
News Spain’s recorded music market grew 13.7% in 2025… with subscription streaming revenues up 19.2% YoY The latest reading marks the industry’s strongest performance since 2003, although revenues remain roughly 26% below the 2001 peak.
Analysis News Universal Music generated $4.19B in Q4, up 10.6% YoY – driven by Taylor Swift, KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, Olivia Dean, and more The music company's fresh set of quarterly results, published today (March 5).
News Spotify says it paid out $213M to Australian music rightsholders in 2025, up 7% YoY Australian listeners streamed domestic artists 223 million more times in 2025 than the year prior.
News Andrea Czapary Martin to exit as CEO of the UK’s PRS for Music at the end of 2026 PRS represents the rights of more than 180,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers.
News Music industry groups push US Senate to tighten TICKET Act, cap resale fees at 10% Fix the Tix also pushes for disclosure of the base ticket price, and a prohibition on speculative ticketing.
News Reservoir faces competing takeover proposals as shareholders Wesbild and Richmond Hill counter Irenic Capital bid Wesbild and Richmond Hill are proposing to acquire all outstanding shares of Reservoir that they don’t already own at $10.50 per share in cash.
News Idris Elba-owned indie label 7Wallace strikes strategic partnership with Nas’ Mass Appeal Records London-based 7Wallace has worked with artists across hip-hop, soul, electronic, and alternative music
News South Korea’s music industry unites to declare ‘war’ on AI copyright infringement Six music rights organizations have formed a coalition, declaring a "state of emergency" and making what they describe as a "declaration of war" against AI copyright infringement.
News Reservoir confirms receipt of unsolicited takeover approach from activist investor Irenic Capital Irenic holds approximately 9.2% of the company's equity, according to a recent SEC filing