News Spotify slams ‘outdated bureaucracy’ in Sweden as it moves ‘parts’ of 250 jobs from its home market after court ruling over night shifts Court rejects Spotify's request to allow its engineers in the market to work shifts between midnight and 5am
News Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst sues Universal for $200m over alleged unpaid royalties (report) Durst's complaint alleges he was never paid royalties, despite the major commercial success of Limp Bizkit's early albums
News David Cassidy rights acquired by Iconoclast in eight-figure deal Cassidy’s portrayal in the 1970s of Keith Partridge in The Partridge Family 'turned him into a teen idol of unprecedented proportions'
News Chorus TM sponsors prestigious Management Company category at next month’s Music Business UK Awards New specialist financial management platform backs category named in honor of Robbie Williams' legendary manager, David Enthoven
News Ex-Spotify UK & Ireland boss Tom Connaughton joins independent UK distributor Canvas Music as Partner and Senior Advisor Canvas has also signed a long-term joint venture with US-based Symphonic Distribution
News Armada’s $100m BEAT Music Fund continues buying spree with acquisitions from Kevin Saunderson, Markus Schulz, Robbie Rivera The "world's first dance music investment company" aims to make $500 million in acquisitions in five years
Analysis News The Kid LAROI is the latest superstar artist to join HYBE’s Weverse fan platform The HYBE-owned fan platform continues to expand its roster of non-K-pop acts
News Eric Wong upped to Head of Global A&R, Recorded Music at Warner; Jessica Keeley-Carter promoted to Chief Marketing Officer Both execs report directly to WMG CEO, Robert Kyncl
News After raising $50m for its US IPO in 2021, Kuke gets sued by classical music group Naxos for alleged $1.8m in missed payments Naxos says Kuke made regular payments until December 2021, and then the payments stopped
News Warner and Meta strike multi-year licensing deal covering Instagram, Facebook and for the first time… WhatsApp New deal will also see companies further their discussions 'on the potential of AI'.
News Free streaming app Musi sues Apple over removal from App Store The legality of Canadian-born Musi has been an issue ever since it was launched a decade ago
News Chris Moncada promoted to Chief Operating Officer of MNRK Music Group Exec is based in Toronto and will work across various MRNK offices in New York, Nashville, Toronto, and the UK
News ‘Espresso’ hitmaker Julian Bunetta inks global publishing agreement with Sony Music Publishing Bunetta worked on Sabrina Carpenter’s No.1 single Espresso, among many other hits
News From Pink Floyd’s $400m deal to TikTok’s scrapped Merlin talks… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Coldplay launch exclusive TikTok ‘MOON MUSiC’ in-app experience Coldplay become latest artists to launch an interactive in-app experience on TikTok