BMG In The News

BMG annual revenues jumped 30.6% to over $900m in 2022, as it spent $400m on catalog acquisitions

Annual EBITDA expands to top $200 million at Bertelsmann-owned music company

Believe has cash ‘firepower’ for acquisitions in 2023. What’s it going to buy?

Company published its full-year financial results on March 15

Joe Etchells appointed Head of A&R and Artist Development at Various Artists Management

He will work across the company’s artist management, music publishing and label operations

Warner Records launches flagship dance music label Major Recordings, led by Sam Mobarek

Label's first signing is dance duo PARISI

BMG strikes partnership with Sweden-based artist management company Scandinavian Talent Management

STM specializes in music supervision, music publishing, and live events

London’s V&A Museum acquires David Bowie archive with £10m donation from Blavatnik Family Foundation, Warner Music

Archive covers more than 80,000 items from Bowie’s six-decade career

Jack Melhuish upped to GM at Warner’s Parlophone Records, as part of series of promotions and hires

Warner Music Group's UK-based Parlophone Records has made a number of key promotions and hires

George Harrison’s solo recordings move to Dark Horse Records/BMG, bringing his publishing and recorded music under one roof

While Dark Horse Records/BMG administers the music publishing of George Harrison, it will now also serve as his label home