News Will Jennings, lyricist behind ‘My Heart Will Go On’ and ‘Tears in Heaven’, sells catalog to Lance Freed and Fuji Music The acquisition was made through an exclusive joint venture between Freed’s new publishing company, All Clear Music, and Fuji Music.
Interviews Russ on independence, entrepreneurialism, and what he’d change about the music business MBW's Trailblazers series meets artist and producer Russ
News The Orchard signs global distribution deal with Peso Pluma’s Double P Records The deal expands The Orchard's involvement with Latin music, following its partnership with Rimas Entertainment in 2021
Interviews Downtown’s Ben Patterson: ‘Ultimately, the access to music afforded by the internet has cracked the gatekeepers of popular culture…’ Ben Patterson outlines the foundations and future for Downtown Music's new Artist & Label Services division
Interviews ‘We want music to continue to be an art form the way that it has been; we don’t want it to just be 15-second snippets.’ TikTok’s Ole Obermann discusses the ‘Add To Music App’ feature, ticketing, Tate McRae, subscriptions, delivering revenue, where the company will be in five years and much more
News Spotify and Deezer slam French government’s plans to introduce a ‘music streaming tax’ in the market Both Sweden-headquartered Spotify and France-headquartered Deezer have come out against the tax, likely to be 1.75% of streaming revenues
News Warner Music partners with MediMusic, marking its first music therapy deal The collaboration aims to harness the power of music to ease pain, anxiety and stress through clinical trials of personalized playlists.
News NetEase Cloud Music strikes partnership with Japanese music distributor SPACE SHOWER FUGA SPACE SHOWER FUGA will gain access to NCM’s large user base, while NCM will be able to offer its users an even wider selection of Japanese music.
Analysis News From SoundCloud’s profitability to Universal’s $50bn+ public valuation… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Five of the biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
Interviews NetEase Cloud Music wants to be ‘the bridge’ between artists in the West and audiences in China. Here’s how. In this feature, we speak to Vivian Wei, Vice President of Copyrights at China-headquartered music streaming platform NetEase Cloud Music
Interviews News Alfonso Perez-Soto , Warner Music’s President, Emerging Markets, on the ‘huge opportunity in the MENA region’ Exec delivered a keynote interview in Saudi Arabia last week
Interviews ‘These archives, they contain gold’: Aviator’s Alex Seidl and Lindsay Jones on the business of rare music content The co-founders of Aviator join the MBW Podcast
News Defunct Gimme Radio sells e-commerce assets to Mainfactor, hints at relaunch of streaming service The sale comes 10 months after Gimme Radio announced it was shutting its streaming service
News Music rights investment company GoldState Music partners with private equity firm Flexpoint Ford to pursue music catalog acquisitions Flexpoint has approximately $7.7 billion of assets under management
News Universal launches Beat Galaxy music hub on Roblox, featuring ‘one of the largest song catalogs of any experience’ on the gaming platform UMG partnered with virtual world developer Supersocial to launch the new music hub
News Warner’s ADA Worldwide strikes global distribution deal with historical music label Omnivore Omnivore specializes in historical releases and reissues, as well as previously unreleased vintage recordings.
Interviews ‘We are looking towards Ed and Taylor right now as the inspiration.’ Drew Simmons talks about the thrills and challenges of managing 2023's breakout star, Noah Kahan
News Armada’s $100m BEAT Music Fund strikes series of rights deals in the UK, including the entire catalog of Sola Records The fund has set as its goal $500 million in music investments, including $100 million in its first two years.