News Warner Chappell Music makes key A&R promotions in Europe Marion Skosgeth and Leslie Tay are taking new roles at WCM Nordics, while Jost Kaiser has rejoined WCM in Germany
News Sony Music Vietnam inks global distro deal with Vietnam’s Great Entertainment Sony has secured the exclusive rights to distribute and promote Great Entertainment's music library
News Savan Kotecha, who penned songs for Ariana Grande and The Weeknd, among the founders of Indian songwriter incubator Outwrite The incubator's services will include education, legal support, songwriting camps, and project management
Analysis News Who owns K-pop giant HYBE? HYBE founder Bang Si-hyuk remains the largest shareholder, but Scooter Braun and BTS own a significant chunk as well
News Concord Label Group merges Fantasy Records with Concord Records; combined brand led by Co-Presidents Margi Cheske and Mark Williams Cheske and Williams are based in Los Angeles and report to Concord Label Group Chief Executive Tom Becci
News Local artists absolutely dominate EU charts, but Europe falling behind on music exports: IFPI In the 22 EU markets tracked yearly by IFPI, 60% of the Top 10 tracks were by domestic artists, compared to 47% in non-EU markets
News Audiomack teams up with Mogul to bring royalty tracking to its creators In just four months since its launch, Mogul says it has helped artists recover an additional $150M in royalties
News Audius strikes global licensing deal with Kobalt The deal gives Kobalt-signed songwriters access to Audius’ blockchain-powered marketplace
News Amuse sets up new sync department led by Daniel Copleston Amuse employs a data-driven approach to music, and it catalog now includes some 8,000 recordings from 300 artists
News South Asian music-focused Myst Music taps The Orchard for global distribution L.A.-headquartered Myst Music’s roster integrates South Asian pop music with the dance and EDM space
Analysis News Spain’s recorded music industry revenues reached $269m in H1, up 16.6% YoY Music streaming revenues in Spain grew 19.1% YoY
Analysis News Pharma giant Johnson & Johnson sued for alleged ‘rampant’ copyright infringement by Sony and Universal-owned production music firm APM Music Johnson & Johnson is alleged to have used APM's music in promotional videos without permission
News Universal, Concord and ABKCO slam Anthropic’s motion to dismiss, say AI company is trying to ‘stall’ copyright case Lawyers for UMPG, Concord and ABKCO called Anthropic's motion to dismiss a "delaying" tactic
News Roblox launches music charts as part of push into music discovery Gaming platform also formally announced its DistroKid integration at the Roblox Developers Conference (RDC)
News Beatport’s LabelRadar launches collaboration platform ‘Artist Network’ Artist Network lets musicians indicate their availability for collaboration by genre, country, language, and even their DAW of choice
News SoundCloud unveils ‘Ascending’ artist development program Participating artists have seen substantial increases in both followers and streams, SoundCloud says
Analysis News From the Oasis ‘dynamic pricing’ controversy to Spotify’s Eminem lawsuit victory… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News COLTURE, co-founded by Brent Faiyaz Manager Ty Baisden, strikes partnership with Soulection CEO Joe Kay Soulection started as an independent radio show and now encompasses a label and live event series