Billboard In The News

$117m fund launches in Europe to buy catalogs of local legends

First catalog acquired contains approximately 30,000 copyrights and 6,500 master recordings

Merck Mercuriadis: ‘None of us should be able to sleep in good conscience at night until the true value of the songwriters’ contributions to this business are recognized.’

Merck Mercuriadis responds to criticism of his views regarding the major record companies and publishers

Hartwig Masuch thinks the music industry is putting too much of its money in the wrong places.

The BMG boss opens up on frontline vs catalog investment, and much more

Downtown Music Services signs five LoFi labels to roster

The five labels' releases generate over 500 million streams each year

Round Hill Music Royalty Fund buys catalog from British producer and songwriter Tim Palmer

Catalog includes 30 songs covering tracks from Pearl Jam and Ozzy Osbourne albums

Drake’s Certified Lover Boy had a huge first week on Spotify… but not as big as Scorpion’s

The numbers are in.... and they show Drizzy's latest LP was around 60 million streams short of his record in week one

From Universal Music impressing investors to Olivia Rodrigo giving credit where it’s due: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The news that mattered this week – and why it mattered

‘Nobody will out-work me and nobody will out-care me; they won’t do it, they can’t do it.’

Chris Kappy talks about managing Luke Combs from half-empty bars to the top of the charts