News Universal Music Group confirms cost-saving ‘redesign’, including layoffs, that will save $270m a year UMG EVP, Boyd Muir, confirms that UMG needs to cut costs to hit the mid-20s EBITDA margin target it promised investors
News Marian Wolf promoted to lead Publishing business in North America at BMG amid increased focus on US market Wolf has been influential in the signing and renewal of significant BMG publishing clients, including George Harrison, Jennifer Lopez and Riot Games
News HarbourView Equity Partners acquires ‘select songwriting and publishing assets’ from Hip-Hop/R&B group Full Force The six-person collective has created music for the likes of Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, N'Sync, UTFO, Britney Spears, James Brown and Black Eyed Peas
Interviews ‘Country Music is having the moment we all know it deserved for a long time.’ MBW's Trailblazers meets Barry Daffurn, President and Co-Founder of Los Angeles-headquartered music label, distribution, and rights management company, Cinq Music Group
News Viberate publishes research on how music industry professionals, including A&Rs, use streaming services for artist discovery Music data company unveils new research results focused on the use (and usefulness) of streaming platforms by A&Rs
News IMPALA calls on Apple to rethink spatial audio bonus, seek ‘collaborative’ solution Apple Music's higher payouts for songs available in Spatial Audio disadvantages indie artists and labels, IMPALA says
News Key Production expands in Europe with German office led by Andreas Kohl The company’s new European division will provide access to its entire supply chain, including manufacturing, packaging, and project management
News Bucks Music Group partners with industry veteran Eddie Levy to launch Chelsea Songs JV Chelsea Songs will manage the works of artists like Bill Withers, Andre Rieu, The Hues Corporation, and others
News Believe UK and Bella Union ink global partnership for releases and select catalog Believe UK will handle all-format distribution and provide comprehensive support to Bella Union's operations
News SEVENTEEN’s FML was the biggest-selling album globally last year, according to IFPI News arrives a day after Miley Cyrus’ Flowers was named the biggest-selling single globally last year
News Atlantic Music Group makes around two dozen layoffs to ‘achieve maximum impact’ for its artists News was announced in a memo sent by Atlantic Music Group Chairman and CEO, Julie Greenwald
News Artist marketing platform un:hurd raises new six-figure funding round from investors including Willard Ahdritz, Mr Eazi and more The company is rolling out an AI-driven marketing assistant, a fan hub for building customized websites, and benchmarking tools
Analysis News Warner Music Group is building a superfan app WMG CEO Robert Kyncl revealed the news at the Web Summit tech conference in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday, February 27
Analysis TikTok vs. Universal Music Group: The Cremation of Once-Cuddlesome Relations Surveying the landscape of a battle between music's biggest rightsholder and ByteDance's video juggernaut
News Intergalactic Fantastic Worldwide’s James Fava joins Three Six Zero as Partner Fava joins Three Six Zero while retaining his leadership role at Intergalactic Fantastic Worldwide
News TikTok has ALREADY started removing Universal’s music publishing catalog from its platform This Friday (March 1), TikTok's current license for the Universal Music Publishing Group catalog – spanning some 4 million songs – officially expires
News Sony Music settles copyright dispute with rock musicians including New York Dolls’ David Johansen Details of the settlement were not revealed, in a case that has been ongoing since 2019
News Live Nation among backers of new 12,000-seat, $100m arena in Lagos The $100-million development comes amid a boom in the popularity of West African music