News Ex-Spotify CFO Barry McCarthy has sold $49m in company stock over the past three months, as Daniel Ek’s share sales hit $94m in 2025 alone Spotify's stock price has been hitting record highs, propelling the company to a valuation of over $125 billion
News Laura Gonzalez promoted to VP Marketing at Disney Music Group A 17-year veteran of DMG, Gonzales previously served as the company's Director of Marketing
News After multimillion dollar acquisition spree, ATC annual revenues grow 107% – as it eyes listing on London Stock Exchange The company also said it's planning to fully acquire its live-streaming partner Driift
News Tomás Talarico to oversee Warner Music’s business in Argentina and Chile, as Managing Director, Southern Cone Talarico succeeds respected executive Guillermo Castellani, who has stepped down from the position
News Streaming service Mdundo reports 45% surge in subscription revenue as it sets sights on users outside Africa The company now counts 38.8 million monthly active users, up by 26% over the past year
Analysis News SM Entertainment revenues rose 9% to $196m in Q4; K-Pop firm retires $27.8m worth of its own shares Japan proved to be a particular strong market for SM in the latest quarter, as the company celebrates its 30th anniversary this year
News Universal makes another head-turning move in China, signing local legend Liu Huan Deal covers both recorded music and publishing rights for superstar act
News Henry Naldjian promoted to Chief Technology Officer at Sony Music Publishing Exec to oversee company’s ongoing "technological transformation efforts"
News US Copyright Office launches inquiry into performance rights organizations The USCO has set a deadline of April 11, 2025 for written submissions for its inquiry into PROs
News !K7 Music founder and CEO Horst Weidenmüller dies, aged 60 "His vision, passion, and dedication shaped !K7 since 1985 into what it is today, and his legacy will continue to inspire us."
News NewJeans change name to NJZ – but HYBE’s ADOR insists that it’s ‘committed to protecting the value of the NewJeans brand’ 'We deeply regret that the members have unilaterally made this choice,' said HYBE's ADOR
News Elon Musk denies interest in TikTok as app’s US future remains uncertain The SpaceX and Tesla CEO said he would rather build companies from scratch rather than acquire existing ones
News Court increases prison sentence for Danish man convicted of streaming fraud The Eastern Jutland resident was convicted for artificially inflating stream counts on 689 tracks
News Ticketmaster cancels some Oasis reunion tour tickets believed to be purchased by bots (report) Ticketmaster says it started the process of refunding tickets that are believed to have been purchased by bots as of February 7
News Alfonso Perez-Soto and Michael LoBiondo join Michael Ryan Southern’s M&A team at Warner Music Group Company seeks to 'turbocharge its growth' via M&A
Analysis News From Warner’s Spotify and Amazon deals to Sir Lucian Grainge’s 2025 memo… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Julie Adam promoted to CEO of Universal Music Canada; Jeffrey Remedios appointed President, Strategic Development, for REPUBLIC Collective Both appointments are effective immediately
News Mike Harris named CEO of UMG Nashville; Dave Cobb appointed Chief Creative Officer Cindy Mabe, Chair and CEO of UMG Nashville since April 2023, is leaving the company "to pursue new opportunities".