News Ariana Grande officially joins HYBE’s Weverse superfan app Grande's debut on the app offers an opportunity for Weverse to reverse a decline in users amid BTS's ongoing hiatus
News Ian Carew promoted to Managing Director at Distiller Records Carew’s music industry career spans over 25 years, including marketing roles at Sony Music and Universal Music Group
Analysis News From the $2bn+ copyright lawsuit against Verizon to Shamrock’s rights portfolio acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Jimin, one of K-pop’s biggest superstars, has a dedicated in-app hub on TikTok for his new album ‘MUSE’ K-Pop is one of the fastest-growing genres on TikTok
News BMG forms strategic partnership with Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group BMG will now serve as the record label home for Cirque du Soleil’s catalog of original scores, soundtracks, and new album releases
News Warner Chappell and 300 Publishing team up to jointly sign songwriters Companies to jointly sign both emerging and established songwriters
Analysis News The debate over music royalties is stuck. Is it time to make the case for ‘completion’? Why former Spotify exec and Pivot author is arguing for song listening completion to be considered in music royalty models
News Shamrock buys rights portfolio from Vine Alternative Investments – including 150+ Calvin Harris songs Vine acquired a catalog of more than 150 songs from Grammy award-winning producer, songwriter, and DJ Calvin Harris in 2020
Interviews ‘I try and stay out of business conversations. I go on my instinct and my musical taste.’ MBW's World’s Greatest Producers series interviews super-producer James Ford about working with Arctic Monkeys, Blur and more
News TikTok to ‘fast track’ official artist account creation for DistroKid members TikTok and DistroKid have been partners since 2019, when DistroKid became the first distributor to ink a deal with the video platform
News Kenny Ochoa joins Splice as Senior Vice President of Content Music industry veteran joins Splice from Snap
News YouTube Music’s Foundry Program returns to support ‘next wave of independent artists’ YouTube is rolling out some new features for its Foundry program, including live shows
Analysis Blog ‘Music licensing is the bridge which connects creators and users – a connection that encourages new ideas and increased value.’ The following op/ed comes from Dan Gopal, Chief Commercial Officer at PRS For Music
News Timbaland’s music marketplace Beatclub expands to China via partnership with NetEase Cloud Music NetEase Cloud Music also operates a beat trading platform called Beatsoul
News FUGA signs distro, marketing deals with UK’s One House, Critical Music and Berry’s Room FUGA welcomes "some of the industry’s most valuable and forward-thinking labels" to its client base.
News Snoop Dogg sued for copyright infringement over alleged use of two backing tracks on B.O.D.R. Lawsuit filed by musician and producer Trevor Lawrence Jr.
News Warner acquires minority stake in Brazil-based UGC music platform and distributor Sua Música Sua Música Group claims to own the largest entertainment platform focused on regional music in Brazil
News Meet ‘Livi,’ the new Spanish-speaking voice of Spotify’s AI DJ Olivia Quiroz Roa is the voice of "Livi," Spotify's new Spanish-speaking version of its AI-driven DJ feature