Downtown Music Holdings In The News

On… Warner’s cutbacks, and the bigger story.

The following article originally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest ‘Tim’s Take’ email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.

News

Max Lousada and Julie Greenwald have quietly registered two companies together. The structure might be telling.

The two companies – 26.2 Music Ltd and 26.2 Services Ltd – were established in November last year, according to UK Companies House

News

Mark Cuban invests in music events company Burwoodland: ‘In an AI world, what you do is far more important than what you prompt.’

MBW understands that the seven-figure investment secured a minority stake in Burwoodland, whose existing strategic partners include well-known music biz figures

Interviews

‘When you can’t see the whole picture, you don’t truly understand what’s going on in your business.’

Absolute Label Services co-bosses, Henry Semmence and Simon Wills discuss Anthology, a new system they believe is key to the future of their company – and the success of their clients…

Analysis

Elon Musk’s legal attack on the music industry: 3 things you might have missed

MBW delves into the 53-page lawsuit issued by X Corp against most significant players in the music publishing business

News

Elon Musk’s X sues major music publishers – plus BMG, Kobalt, NMPA and more – alleging industrywide ‘collusion’ to force licensing deal

X’s lawsuit points to successful licensing agreements between the NMPA plus Roblox and Twitch as evidence of an alleged ‘extortionate scheme’.

News

Sir Lucian Grainge talks AI music, superfans in 2026 memo, taking swipe at firms ‘validating business models that fail to respect artists’ work’

Read Sir Lucian Grainge's 2026 memo to UMG staff

Interviews

‘I’ve worked at all the majors, I’ve seen how they operate, and I genuinely don’t know what they could do that we can’t do.’

Nick Burgess looks back at his career so far – and to the future of his new venture, Artist Theory