Sony In The News

From Robert Kyncl’s NMPA keynote to music publishers’ FTC complaint against Spotify… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…

How Sony’s $6bn+ M&A splurge has set the pace for music acquisitions over the past decade

Rob Stringer claimed last month that Sony has outstripped spending at other major companies

Sanujeet Bhujabal named Managing Director, Universal Music India and South Asia; Viral Jani appointed Chief Revenue Officer

"We have been growing rapidly, through our groundbreaking, artist-first non-film music strategy..."

After stepping down as Peloton’s CEO, Barry McCarthy cashes out $10m in Spotify stock

McCarthy recently stepped down as CEO of struggling connected fitness company Peloton

Warner Music Group poaches Goldman Sachs’ Michael Ryan-Southern to lead global M&A

Widely respected finance executive to join WMG

Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s catalog turned out to be worth more than a lot of people thought.

In light of Blackstone's latest bid, MBW crunches the numbers on what HSF spent on assets... and what they're worth now

Joanna Kalli elevated to Managing Director, Commercial Group, at Sony Music UK

The promotion comes as Sony Music's catalog continues to expand, including potentially with the addition of rock legends Queen

From Sony Music’s reported Queen catalog talks to Live Nation’s DoJ battle… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…