AWAL In The News

After selling AWAL, Kobalt pays $89m to buy back equity from shareholders

Kobalt confirms to MBW that it has handed over cash from AWAL sale to some of its investors

Sony Music’s AWAL buyout raises competition concerns in the UK, says watchdog

Deal could lead to worse terms for artists and less innovation in the music sector, says UK regulator

Interviews News

Instrumental invested over $4m in independent artists in H1 2021. Now it’s a distributor too.

After Tencent investment, UK-born firm says it wants to become the world's "leading growth team for independent artists"

Actually… Universal Music Group spent nearly $3 BILLION on catalog acquisitions and artist advances last year

Vivendi's annual report shows that UMG splashed out $2.87 billion on catalogs and artist advances in 2020

Finneas O’Connell was the world’s No.1 songwriter on Spotify last year, says report

Thomas Hull aka Kid Harpoon also did well on charts

From Kobalt’s profitability to Scooter Braun’s new job: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter

Kobalt: We are profitable

Firm makes announcement as MBW gets its hands on firm's FY2020 financials

From Sony’s nine-figure label buy to Songtradr’s $50m fund raise: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter