Sony In The News

Now Sony Music gets clearance for $255m Som Livre acquisition in Brazil

MBW confirms that Brazil's CADE has given the green light

Roberto Andrade Dirak joins Warner Music Latina as Managing Director

Company announces raft of senior promotions and hires

Alison Hook Promoted to SVP, Sampling & Copyright Infringement at Sony Music Publishing

Hook's career at the company spans over 25 years

If you wanted to know why Sony Music bought AWAL… this is why

The signing of girl in red to Columbia could be a key case study in the Sony-AWAL story

Avex USA and Sony Music Publishing strike global administration deal

SMP will provide worldwide administration services (ex. Japan) to Avex USA’s catalog and roster

Sony Music Publishing has a new head of US A&R: Walter Jones joins firm in EVP role

Jones was most recently Co-Head of A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group

SoundCloud’s annual revenues topped $218m in 2020 – and it’s been making bold moves ever since

MBW gets our hands on SoundCloud's results from 2020, and they reveal a 31% annual rise in revenues

From Sting selling his song catalog to the majors generating $20bn last year: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter