Downtown Music Holdings In The News

On… Parrots and predictions.

Three predictions for 2026 from MBW founder, Tim Ingham

From YouTube pulling its data from Billboard’s charts to HYBE’s new partnership with Tyla’s managers… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

The biggest headlines from the past few days...

Exclusive: UMG proposes selling Curve to secure EU approval for $775m Downtown deal

UMG submitted formal commitments to the EC on December 11

From UMG’s ‘robust remedy’ to address Downtown deal concern, to GoDigital Music’s Marc Anthony catalog buy… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

The biggest headlines from the past few days...

UMG submits ‘robust remedy’ to EU regulator to address ‘only remaining concern’ about $775m Downtown deal

Company says its response to the regulator 'comprehensively addresses' the Commission's outstanding issue with the transaction.

Analysis Interviews

MDLBEAST’s Nada Alhelabi and Mazen Khamis talk Soundstorm 2025, XP Music Futures, and growth in MENA’s music business

Mazen Khamis, Executive Director of Marketing, Commercial, and Products at MDLBEAST on organizing large-scale music events in Saudi Arabia

beatBread surpasses $100m in deal funding as company marks its fifth anniversary

The catalog of music tied to these deals has accumulated 67.6 billion streams since the company's inception.

Brad Navin on The Orchard, working with ‘great entrepreneurs’, and the growing importance of D2C

Navin, a 22 year veteran of the company, has led The Orchard to surpass USD $1 billion in annual revenues