Sony Music Group In The News

Applications reopen for seventh and final round of Richard Antwi Scholarship in London

Previous Antwi scholars now work at Sony Music, Universal Music UK and 0207 Def Jam

Ron Perry, Chairman and CEO of Columbia Records, named UJA-Federation’s Music Visionary of the Year

Perry joins such previous honorees as Rob Stringer, Michele Anthony, Steve Boom and Daniel Ek

Sony generated $2.52bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q4 2023, up 14% YoY

MBW crunches the numbers from Sony Corp's latest quarterly earnings announcement

Sony Music Publishing expands in MENA with new Dubai office, names Dounia Chaaban as Managing Director

Exec will report to Sony Music Publishing's Senior Vice President of International, Dan Nelson

Cinq Music raises $250m from parent company GoDigital to fund acquisitions – with an eight-figure ‘marquee’ catalog acquisition already in the pipeline

The significant capital raise arrives as heat appears to be reentering the blockbuster music rights acquisition space

Sony Music Publishing UK appoints ZaZa Kazadi, Adrienne Bookbinder, Nasra Artan to senior A&R roles

The new appointments come some two months after Sony Music Publishing UK reshuffled its A&R department

TikTok’s biggest headache in its fight with Universal Music Group is UMG’s publishing catalog (and 2 other observations on the feud the whole music industry is talking about)

What's really going on behind the scenes of music's big Grammy Week fall-out

With ‘superfans’ in their eyes, could the major record companies now rally behind Spotify in its ‘app tax’ battle with Apple?

Why a careful balancing act is required by the majors as their own priorities become entangled in Spotify and Apple's fight