Sony Music Entertainment In The News

‘AfroFuture’s vision is to bring African art, cuisine, fashion, and music to a global audience.’

MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Abdul Karim Abdullah, Co-Founder and CEO of cultural entertainment platform AfroFuture

Robin Nastri named SVP, Global Business Office at Sony Music Publishing

Exec joins SMP from Accenture

3 observations on… how Japan’s music industry caters to (and relies on) ‘superfans’ more than any other market

Examples of how Japan's music business has fostered a special kind of connection with superfans in its market

Simon Cowell buys stake in content creator streaming startup Lounges.tv

The Times reports that the startup is close to completing a £2.5m funding round that will value the business at £20m

TikTok Music just launched publicly in Australia, Singapore and Mexico… without Universal Music’s catalog

Universal's recorded music catalog remains available on TikTok Music in Brazil and Indonesia

Former Syco MD’s Funfair Records inks marketing and distribution deal with AWAL

Funfair is backed by Coran Capshaw and James Sandom at Red Light Management

Erik Pettie joins mtheory as SVP and Head of new Artist Services and Partnerships unit

Exec was previously Head of Artist Strategy, Editorial & Marketing Partnerships at TuneCore

BMI will pay songwriters and publishers a smaller portion of its revenues as a for-profit company – while upping its own margin from 10% to 15% of collections. Will its members tolerate this change?

New revelations from Michael O'Neill shows that BMI is planning to increase its retained revenues by a third