News Believe boss Denis Ladegaillerie says ‘creativity central to future of artist development’ as company celebrates 15 years in the UK Believe’s founder and CEO highlighted creativity as the key to future artist development at Believe UK’s 15th anniversary party in London
News un:hurd expands partner network with CD Baby, Amazon, beatBread, more; launches new membership tiers Platform recently closed a 'six-figure' strategic funding round that included investments from Mr Eazi, Sam Feldt, and Kobalt founder and Chairman Willard Ahdritz
News Universal Music Group establishes new division in China’s Greater Bay Area, led by Gary Chan UMG says the move makes it the “first” major music company to establish a label in this region, headquartered in the city of Shenzhen
News Kesha launches her own label, Kesha Records, in partnership with Warner’s ADA Kesha’s first distribution deal will give her full creative control and ownership of her work
News TikTok to shutter music subscription service TikTok Music in November Service is currently live in five territories including Australia, Brazil, and Indonesia
News Dickon Stainer named Chairman and CEO of Universal Music UK Stainer has enjoyed success in the US and UK running UMG's classics and jazz division
News Quavo sued for alleged copyright infringement over ‘Bubble gum’ from Quavo Huncho album A rapper called Lamount London (L.Mont) alleges that Quavo ripped off parts of his own track called 'Bubblegum'
News Range Music Publishing inks exclusive global admin deal with Universal Music Publishing The partnership expands Range Media’s existing relationships with UMG, which includes collaborations with Capitol and Virgin
News SoundExchange to launch registry for rightsholders to declare whether or not they want their recordings used by developers to train AI models Registry to launch in Q1 2025 and will use SoundExchange’s ISRC database
News David Joseph, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music UK, is leaving the company Joseph confirmed the news in note to staff today
News Revealed: Atlantic Music Group’s new leadership structure under incoming CEO Elliot Grainge Craig Kallman promoted to Chief Music Officer under new structure
News Mixcloud acquires Encore to expand live music services Encore will continue to operate as an independent brand following the deal, focusing on booking musicians, bands, and DJs
News Live Nation enters artist development partnership with Kei Henderson’s Third & Hayden Third & Hayden's current roster includes artists Annahstasia, Ben Reilly, Jordan Hawkins, Key!, and Zyah Belle
Analysis News From Global Music Rights’ $3.3bn valuation to the Miley Cyrus copyright lawsuit… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News France’s recorded music market generated $450m in H1, as paid subscription revenues grow 11.3% YoY Sixteen of the top 20 albums in France in H1 2024 were domestically produced