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".
News Cindy Mabe exits as CEO of Universal Music Group Nashville Exec was appointed Chair and CEO of UMGN in April, 2023
News Tiara Hargrave named General Manager at Influence Media’s frontline label SLANG Hargrave previously served as Executive Vice President and General Manager at Sony Music-owned Alamo Records
Analysis News Warner has a new deal with Amazon Music… and 4 other things we learned from Robert Kyncl on WMG’s latest earnings call WMG's leadership team conducted the company's calendar Q4 earnings call on February 6. MBW listened in, here's what stood out...
News UK court rejects Sony’s bid to throw out case over ownership of Jimi Hendrix’s music The estates of Jimi Hendrix Experience bandmembers Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell are suing for copyright infringement
News Bill requiring ‘all-in’ ticket pricing moves ahead in US Senate The TICKET Act would also ban 'speculative' ticket sales, in which resellers sell a ticket they have yet to purchase
Analysis News The major record companies lost market share again on Spotify last year. But BMG and ‘artist-centric royalties’ make this a more complicated picture than it first appears. To understand one of the industry's favorite graphs, a few things first need to be taken into account
News Brian ‘Busy’ Dackowski named Executive Vice President/Head of Pop/Rock Digital Marketing at Capitol Records Exec will be based in Capitol’s Los Angeles headquarters