Sony In The News

From Ed Sheeran’s second ‘Let’s Get It On’ lawsuit victory to the 3 majors’ joint $2.9m per hour… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place

‘Our ambition is to sign acts with the best talent and break them on a global scale.’

Jamie Spinks, Head of A&R at Columbia in the UK, on how A&R is evolving, and more...

Sony Music Masterworks acquires live music and events company Proactiv Entertainment

Proactiv Managing Director Nicolas Renna will continue to lead the business

‘Technology is a fantastic thing but there’s nothing like human curation.’

MBW’s Inspiring Women series interviews Moon Projects founder Mary Rahmani

EU approves Microsoft’s $69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard

Deal clears major hurdle after the UK blocked the deal less than a month ago

The 3 major music companies are now jointly generating approximately $2.9m per hour

With $6.2 billion in revenue secured in Q1, can the majors now go on to jointly top $25 billion in annual revenue in 2023?

India’s Tips Music inks global deal with Sony Music Publishing

SMP to administer and promote Tips Music's catalog of over 30,000 tracks and 5,500 albums

Mixtape site Spinrilla ordered to shut down, pay $50 million to major labels in copyright infringement case

The ruling prohibits all employees of Spinrilla, as well as people who worked “in active concert or participation” with Spinrilla, from ever operating a service “that is substantively similar to the Spinrilla Service”