Sony In The News

From UMG’s $1m an hour, to Paul McCartney’s music streaming crusade: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place

Sony Music applauds Apple’s new podcast subscription launch

Premium Apple podcast subscriptions will be available in 170 countries in May

Ian Holder promoted to SVP, Creative at Sony Music Publishing

Holder joined Sony from BMI in 2017, having signed the likes of Post Malone and Frank Ocean to PRO

Warner Music Asia inks exclusive deal with Esports Player League (ESPL)

Deal will allow ESPL to embed Warner Music songs into its platform

From Reservoir’s $788m valuation to Spotify and Warner’s canoodling: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place

Sony pumps another $200m into Fortnite maker Epic Games as part of $1bn funding round

MBW estimates that Sony now owns between 2% and 2.5% in Epic Games

BMG and KKR are ready to spend $1bn on music copyrights – and that’s just for starters…

BMG's Hartwig Masuch and KKR's Nat Zilkha on the music industry's new acquisitive super-alliance

Sony Music Publishing India signs global deal with Anand Audio

Company represents over 5,000 tracks and over 700 original Kannada film soundtracks