Roblox In The News

From Warner’s Twitch partnership to Sony’s wellness program: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter

Roblox games developer Supersocial raises $5.2m from investors including Warner Music Group ‘to build iconic metaverse experiences’

Round was led by Initial Capital

Warner Music Group and Twitch ink ‘first-of-its-kind’ partnership

Deal marks the platform's first partnership with a major record company

Roblox strikes deal with music publishers

Lawsuit dismissed and plan set to expand music in the metaverse

Roblox launches Listening Parties for artists to premiere new albums

Poppy was the first to host a Listening Party on the platform

From Universal’s $54bn listing to Warner’s $270m from ‘alternative’ platforms: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter

Welcome to the new record business: Warner Music Group is now generating over $270m from TikTok, Peloton, Facebook and other ‘alternative’ platforms annually

Steve Cooper reveals stunning stat – and MBW crunches the numbers on what it could mean

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