News South Korean regulators could target music streaming services in new competition act Under pressure from business groups, the government has delayed a proposed bill to regulate digital platforms
News BeatConnect raises another $1.7m in funding for ‘gamified’ music creation platform This spring, the company is relaunching its music creation platform, with elements inspired by gaming
Analysis News From Warner’s potential bid for Believe to the unveiling of Interscope Capitol Labels Group… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
News Gary Kelly and Jason Kawejsza promoted to key roles at Interscope Capitol Labels Group Kelly appointed Chief Revenue Officer and General Manager; Kawejsza named Executive Vice President, Head of Business & Legal Affairs
Analysis Big European countries are the winners in the latest music ‘glocalisation’ trends Will Page updates the data surrounding how local music artists are streaming in their home territories
Analysis News This d4vd track recorded on BandLab’s free app just surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify Track has been streamed over 43.3 million times on Spotify in the past month
News Opulous unveils AI-driven future music royalties calculation tool, says it can ‘remove months of labor-intensive work for labels and investors’ Opulous, from the team behind Ditto Music, unveils new tool for OPUL token holders
News Warner Music South East Europe acquires minority stake in Slovenian indie label NIKA NIKA was the first private sector music label and distributor in what would become the former Yugoslavia
News Interscope Geffen A&M and Capitol Music Group are now officially consolidated under the ‘Interscope Capitol Labels Group’; Steve Berman and Annie Lee both promoted to new roles Interscope Capitol Labels Group is headed up by Chairman and CEO, John Janick
News Roberto Neri appointed Chief Executive Officer of The Ivors Academy in the UK Neri was most recently CEO of the publishing arm of Believe
Interviews Aaron Bay-Schuck on Zach Bryan, Warner Records’ revival, and ‘taking the long road to success’ For Warner Records' CEO, the label's recent success is evidence of the benefits of a patient, long-term, and consistent A&R strategy
Analysis Blog Three power couples to watch in 2024 MBW Views is a series of exclusive op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following op/ed comes from Ran Geffen Levy
News Music creation platform Splice unveils new mobile app experience, powered by AI technology The company has partnered with rapper/producer Terrace Martin to showcase the mobile app's new features
News Position Music hires former Kobalt exec Jay Moore as VP, Head of Investments Moore previously served as Chief Investment Officer at Ditto Music and Senior Director, Investments & Office of CEO at Kobalt Music
News Spotify to increase subscription prices in France to ‘offset’ new music streaming tax Price hike to make Spotify subscriptions in France the highest among European Union member states, according to the company
News BMG buys catalog of Germany’s Coconut Music, including the recorded rights of ‘What Is Love’ star Haddaway Deal builds on BMG’s 2022 acquisition of Haddaway’s recorded royalties
News That mystery company interested in buying Believe? It’s Warner Music Group. Needless to say, Warner does not love Ladegaillerie's attempt to bypass the "fairness opinion" part of the acquisition process
News Warner Music Group shuts down office in Estonia Warner's operations for the Baltics to be handled from Helsinki and Stockholm, MBW understands