AWAL In The News

From Sony’s big spending to BTS streams on Spotify: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past five days in the global music business

Sony’s spent $1.4bn on music acquisitions in the last six months… and Rob Stringer’s not stopping there

Stringer spoke at Sony Corporation's Investor Relations (IR) day today (May 27)

From Universal’s 10% sell-off to Sony Music under investigation: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest headlines from the past five days in the music industry

Grammy winner Burna Boy signs global deal with Kobalt Neighbouring Rights

The deal includes the full range of royalty collection as well as earnings maximization services

‘There is a huge opportunity here for music publishing A&R.’

Travis Rosenblatt, creator of A&R data platform Meddling, on how the power of publishing is about to change everything in the music industry

Sony Music completes $430m buyout of AWAL – but UK competition body is investigating deal

Phase One of investigation is yet to get underway

Unearthing the music industry’s buried treasure

Chris Sheehan, founder of Karousel Music's Buried Treasure, on why re-energizing the past could unlock huge potential for the music industry

Sony says it’s ‘aggressively pursuing’ music acquisitions… and buys a Mexican catalog to prove it

Comment comes as Sony Music Group posts a strong quarter in the three months to end of March