News Tim Pithouse named General Manager at Def Jam Recordings Pithouse previously held roles at Three Six Zero, The Orchard, and Sony Music Entertainment Australia
Interviews ‘People are signing artists for crazy amounts of money just because they have quick momentum. My company is built on artist development.’ WIth a strong A&R background forged at Def Jam and Interscope, Baroline Diaz now has her own label, Great Day Records, and is looking to work with "artists who change lives"
Interviews BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld: ‘Our strategy is setting us up for growth.’ Boss of Bertelsmann's music company talks expansion, streaming prices, AI, and more
Analysis News Latin Music’s US revenues hit $1.42 billion in 2024, up 5.8% YoY Latin Music revenues accounted for 8.1% of total recorded music revenue in the US last year
News SM Entertainment buys additional 11.4% stake in Bubble superfan app operator DearU in $92m deal The deal raises SM’s stake in DearU to 45.1%
News Music Glue opens Vancouver office headed by Tom Maguire, amid ‘increase in demand’ for D2C services The office will be headed up by Music Glue’s Chief Product Manager, Tom Maguire
News Ned Monahan promoted to President at Joie Manda’s Encore Recordings; Jacob Fain named Head of A&R Fain comes to Encore from Elektra, and is known for signing artists such as Bailey Zimmerman and Leon Bridges
News Trump says a deal to save TikTok in the US will get done this week. Will Blackstone take a stake? The deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok's US operations is April 5, but the US president said he may extend it if necessary
News HYBE continues diversification drive as gaming division raises $21m in latest funding round HYBE IM aims to become 'a next-generation publisher delivering compelling content to gamers worldwide'
Analysis 5 million songs and $288m spent on catalogs: 8 Things We Learned from Universal Music Group’s 2024 Annual Report From the balance of catalog and frontline to granular financial details, MBW wades through a treasure trove of data
News With Kid Rock at his side, Trump signs executive order to curb ticket price gouging Live Nation welcomed the executive order despite its ongoing legal battle with the federal government over alleged violations of antitrust laws
News Udio, the startup sued by record companies last year, unveils tool to clone ‘sonic identity’ of existing songs Udio says its cloning technology “only supports uploads of content that users own or control"
News Merlin sues TikTok rival Triller for breach of contract over allegedly unpaid music licensing fees The digital music licensing org for indie record labels says short video platform Triller owes it $2.55 million
News Chance the Rapper’s big money legal battle with ex-manager headed to trial A judge in Illinois denied Chance's motion for summary judgment last week.
Interviews Robb McDaniels on Beatport’s growth plans, and why downloads still matter MBW's Trailblazers series meets Robb McDaniels, CEO of Beatport
News BABYMETAL ink global deal with Capitol Records, becoming the ‘first Japanese artist to sign a frontline deal with the label’ The group will release new album METAL FORTH, globally via Capitol Records on June 13
News CTS Eventim revenues soared 19.1% YoY to $3bn in 2024 “Rising demand, organic growth, ongoing synergies and a successful international acquisition policy are the pillars of our robust growth"
News European Union’s latest draft AI Code of Practice renders copyright ‘meaningless,’ rightsholders warn The third draft no longer requires AI companies to publish a copyright policy, and only “encourages” them to do so