Analysis News Deezer’s revenues grew 14.2% YoY to $144m in Q1; subscriber base reached 10.5m Paris-headquartered music streaming service Deezer has published its financial results and subscriber numbers for Q1 2024
News NEON16 signs Latin American producers, Faraon and Distobal, to its publishing division 'This partnership symbolizes our commitment to shaping the future of music,' said Raul Chirinos, NEON16's Head of Publishing
News PULSE Music forms ‘music publishing creative joint venture’ with Jon Bellion’s Beautiful Mind Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Elijah Noll is the first artist signed to the joint venture.
News Sony Music Germany launches ‘noted. records’ for electronic music, with A&R and strategy led by Jean-Sebastien Permal The market value of the global dance music scene grew by double digits in 2023.
News Blackstone launches $1.57 billion bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund; HSF board recommends offer to shareholders With debt taken into account, Blackstone's latest offer values HSF at approximately USD $2.177 billion
Analysis News From the bidding war for Hipgnosis Songs Fund to ByteDance’s battle for TikTok in the US… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
News Music industry veteran Richard Stumpf launches Hawkeye Music Publishing New company has named Round Hill Music as a strategic partner
News Warner Chappell strikes exclusive deal with BandLab Technologies that includes a JV to identify and sign songwriters on ReverbNation Companies to identify and sign 'top-performing singer-songwriters' across the ReverbNation platform
News Downtown Music announces sudden passing of ‘beloved and highly respected’ CTO, Manan Vohra Exec is described by Downtown as an 'inspirational and visionary leader'
Analysis News ByteDance would rather shut TikTok in the US than sell if legal challenge against ban law fails (report) Citing sources, Reuters reports that TikTok's parent 'would prefer' to shut the app down in the US if court challenge is unsuccessful
News Billie Eilish and Green Day among 250+ artists backing US Senate bill to reform ticketing industry The bill would require disclosure of a ticket's final sales price before purchase, and strengthen enforcement of laws against ticket-buying bots
Analysis News Epidemic Sound has courted controversy over its ‘buy-out deals’. Here’s exactly how the company pays artists… MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points
News US independent vinyl retailers call for end to artist/label D2C pre-sell exclusivity windows "By restricting pre-sale opportunities ... record labels create a two-tiered system that privileges certain consumers over others."
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Glyn Aikins MBW’s Key Songs In The Life Of… is a series in which we ask influential music industry figures about the tracks that have – so far – defined their journey and their existence.
News After Concord bids $1.511bn for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, Blackstone tells HSF shareholders: Don’t move a muscle, we’ll be right back It's all about those "irreovcables"...
News PAI Partners takes majority stake in professional audio equipment maker Audiotonix A news report suggests the deal for Audiotonix is worth nearly GBP £2 billion.
News Luminate reaches music sales data collection deal with indie record stores The new arrangement defuses a controversy over how Luminate collects data on physical music sales at indie stores
News Symphonic Distribution hires UMG and BMG veteran Stephen Nightingale as VP, A&R and Business Development, Canada Nightingale has worked with acts such as Guns n' Roses, the Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails across his two-decade career