MBW surpasses 20,000 subscribers after biggest month so far

More than 21,000 people are now actively subscribing to Music Business Worldwide‘s email service – receiving daily Newsletters, weekly Job Updates, breaking News Alerts and more besides.

Just a year-and-a-half since launch, the MBW email database continues to grow at a rate of over 1,000 people every month.

These subscribers include thousands of executives across Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group, in addition to professionals from all of the top independent labels, publishers, artist management companies, digital platforms and live music firms around the globe.

Stephen Cooper

“Like any successful startup, MBW spotted an opening in the market, executed brilliantly, and quickly became indispensable.”

Stephen Cooper, WMG

Warner Music Group CEO Stephen Cooper commented: “Like any successful start-up, MBW spotted an opening in the market, executed brilliantly, and quickly became indispensable.

“I may not agree with everything you write, but it is always well-informed, often food for thought, and never dull.

“Congratulations on your first 18 months… I have a feeling you’re just getting started.”

And Columbia President Rob Stringer said:”Congrats to MBW on hitting 20k subscribers. Keep up the great insight and perspective on our business.”

Rob Stringer

“Keep up the great insight and perspective on our business.”

Rob Stringer, Columbia Records

Online, MusicBusinessWorldwide.com is also reaching new heights, having just attracted half a million page views across more than 250,000 unique users within a single month.

In the second quarter of 2016 – the three months from April through June – the MBW site drew a monthly average of 446,131 page views and 235,028 unique users (source: Google Analytics).

This readership was further amplified by our worldwide media partnerships with the likes of Business Insider.

“Congratulations MBW on a fantastic first year in business,” commented Quest/Maverick manager Scott Rodger (Sir Paul McCartney, Arcade Fire).

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“It’s been refreshing to see a new and independent approach to the business.”

Scott Rodger, Quest/Maverick

“It’s been refreshing to see a new and independent approach to the business news taking place in our industry that isn’t just the traditional established trades we know so well.”

If you’re interested in advertising, we’ll be happy to help. Email: ads@musicbizworldwide.com.

To enquire about posting your job vacancies, email: jobs@musicbizworldwide.com.

Oh, and quite literally watch this space: a public announcement of MBW’s first event is imminent. Those that know about it are already buzzing.

Here’s a reminder of just some of the companies we’re reaching every day via email and on the web:

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