Warner Music Group In The News

Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, and Tony Banks of Genesis sell rights to Concord in $300m deal

Company says the 'combined music catalogs of Genesis and these three artists are some of the most commercially successful of all time'

Warner Music Group partners with NFT marketplace OpenSea to expand Web3 opportunities for its artists

Collaboration to allow 'select WMG artists to build and extend their fan communities in Web3'

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With fresh eight-figure financing, and a new CEO, Napster wants to take Web3 music to the mainstream

MBW interviews Napster's new CEO Jon Vlassopulos

‘Chocolate City is a safe haven for creatives.’

MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Abuchi Ugwu, CEO of Nigeria-based record label Chocolate City

Apple pulls apps owned by Russian tech giant VK from app store, including music service VK Music

VK apps are no longer available to download on iPhones

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New $100m-backed fund launches to buy catalogs in Asia, led by industry veteran Chee Meng Tan and ex-Universal Music China MD Garand Wu

Singapore-based music fund launches with initial raise of USD $100m

Hume attracts $11.7m in funding to grow roster of Web3 artists

Investment firm TCG Crypto led the funding round

Kebu Commissiong, Carlos Escalona Cruz, Matt DuFour and Lou Plaia named A&R Directors at Sentric

New hires follow Sentric’s move into North America