Sony Music Group In The News

Victoria Oakley appointed CEO of IFPI

Oakley will join IFPI in June from global strategic communications and advocacy consultancy, Portland

Taylor Swift has a laudable history of standing up to Big Tech in the name of artist compensation. By embracing TikTok in 2024, she’s broken ranks with that narrative.

When Swift grappled with Apple in 2015, she noted that the fight was "not about me" – it was about other artists. The TikTok situation is the exact opposite.

News

Sony Music strengthens podcast game with acquisition of Neon Hum Media

The move comes some five years after Sony Music's initial investment in the podcast production company

Analysis

3 reasons why… Warner Music Group might be tempted to bid $1.8 billion for Believe

Weighing up the positive differences an acquisition of Believe could make to WMG

Analysis News

Global recorded music revenues grew 9.8% YoY to $35.1bn in 2023, says MIDiA Research

MIDiA estimates that streaming revenues reached $21.9bn in 2023

News

Sony Music UK promotes Damaris Rex-Taylor to Managing Director, RCA Records UK

At RCA UK, Rex-Taylor has guided campaigns for artists such as Tyla, Travis Scott, Cat Burns, Miley Cyrus, and newcomer Myles Smith

Interviews

‘Country Music is having the moment we all know it deserved for a long time.’

MBW's Trailblazers meets Barry Daffurn, President and Co-Founder of Los Angeles-headquartered music label, distribution, and rights management company, Cinq Music Group

Analysis

TikTok vs. Universal Music Group: The Cremation of Once-Cuddlesome Relations

Surveying the landscape of a battle between music's biggest rightsholder and ByteDance's video juggernaut