Interviews Jack Antonoff talks Taylor Swift, AI, his new management – and how to avoid deals with the devil MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series meets Jack Antonoff, one of the most successful songwriters of the modern age...
News HarbourView ups credit facility capacity by $100m to buy more music rights HarbourView’s credit facility capacity has been increased to $300m
News PULSE Music Group forms Supermoon Songs JV with Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Dan Wilson Artist, songwriter, and instrumentalist Paul Dally is the first signing to Supermoon Songs
News Elliot Grainge’s 10K Projects makes key executive appointments, including General Counsel and CFO Blake Brown-Grakal named General Counsel, Samuel Cohen named General Manager, and Max Gore named CFO
News Warner Music Group and The Sandbox are launching a ‘90s-inspired video game celebrating The Notorious B.I.G. Breakin' B.I.G. is a 2D arcade-style game that is set in a Brooklyn neighborhood in the ‘90s
News Paul Hitchman promoted to Global COO role at AWAL Based in London, Hitchman will continue to report to AWAL CEO Lonny Olinick
News beatBread reports that songs by its funded artists and indie labels have been streamed over 10bn times in 2023 "Our mission is to speed up the music industry’s transition to creator independence," CEO Peter Sinclair says.
News Music credits company Jaxsta rebrands as Vinyl Group Three music-related businesses, Jaxsta, Vampr and Vinyl, com, will operate under the Vinyl Group umbrella.
Analysis Spotify has laid off 2,300 employees this year. That’s a shock – but also kind of inevitable. On: Promises made at Investor Days, Christmas Walks, and Daniel Ek's long-term aim for his shareholders
News Music creation company Muse Group acquires sheet music publisher Hal Leonard… with backing from private equity firm Francisco Partners Francisco Partners acquired a majority stake in Kobalt Music Group in 2022
News KISS to stage avatar show in partnership with Pophouse Entertainment, following the success of ABBA Voyage in London KISS has stopped touring, but the band will live on as avatars developed in partnership with Pophouse Entertainment
News Over 75,000 artists in 20+ countries can now sell concert tickets directly within the TikTok app TikTok expands ticketing partnership with Live Nation-owned Ticketmaster
News UK government intervenes to halt London mayor’s decision to scrap MSG Sphere development The move comes after Mayor Sadiq Khan raised concerns about the project, citing worries about light pollution, environmental sustainability, and the broader impact on the area.
News US federal judge blocks Montana’s TikTok ban, deems it unconstitutional The law "oversteps state power and infringes on the Constitutional rights of users and businesses," a judge ruled.
News Spotify to axe over 1,500 jobs in latest round of layoffs Spotify is slashing around 17% of its global workforce
Analysis News From Sony Music’s deepfake takedowns to iHeartMedia’s $100m BMI sale proceeds… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days.
News Jenny Hermanson, Spotify’s MD for the Nordic region, to exit company after 14 years SPOT's Sweden-based MD for the Nordic region, Jenny Hermanson, is leaving the company
Interviews Key Songs in the Life of… Denzyl Feigelson The founder of Platoon (and AWAL, and a key architect of Graceland), Denzyl Feigelson, maps out his life and career in seven songs