News In a recent LinkedIn post, Bashkoff confirmed that he was one of those affected by Meta’s layoffs News The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place News The news was confirmed today (May 23) in an internal memo to staff from SoundCloud CEO, Eliah Seton, obtained by MBW News Exec joins Rostrum from SoundCloud Analysis News TikTok music strategy moves up a gear with new music discovery hub, and exclusive deals with indie artists Interviews MBW interviews Pete Simmons, Universal Music Publishing Group’s UK Head of A&R News MBW understands that Rostrum Pacific is set to house an acquired company at Rostrum, with more details expected later this summer Analysis Blog This MBW op/ed comes from Ran Geffen, founder of XR connect development agency OMR and CEO of Amusica Song Management in Israel.