News Abbey Road Studios returns to back MBW’s A&R Awards on Tuesday, November 7… with Platinum tables now sold out Shortlists will be announced for the event next month
News JKBX, music royalty trading platform, will launch September 12, aiming to become ‘transformative force in music and investing’ Songs that will appear on the platform on day one will include a run of chart hits performed by artists like Beyoncé, Major Lazer, and Taylor Swift
News AI-powered marketing platform SymphonyOS raises $1m from LVRN, Ethiopia Habtemariam and more Startup says that it 'harnesses the power of AI to analyze millions of data points'
News Revelator expands in LATAM, hiring Luciana Pegorer and Arturo Soler to lead offices in Brazil and Mexico Company's LATAM expansion follows its recent office opening in Japan
Analysis News Italy’s recorded music revenues grew 14.2% in H1, with 19 of the Top 20 best-selling albums all by local acts Recorded music revenues in Italy reached €175 million in H1, according to FIMI, the organization that represents the Italian recorded music industry
News Music tech company InMusic considering legal action over Pioneer DJ parent’s takeover of Serato AlphaTheta Corporation announced in July that it’s planning to acquire all shares of New Zealand-headquartered Serato Audio Research Ltd.
News gamma expands in Africa and the Middle East with addition of two senior executive appointments Larry Gaaga named Vice President and General Manager, Africa and Dany Neville joins as Vice President, A&R, Middle East
News After 120,000+ submissions, HYBE and Geffen unveil 20 artists to compete for a spot in new global girl group Process of creating the group will be the subject of an upcoming untitled Netflix documentary series
Analysis If BMI is sold, could a cull of its huge songwriter membership be on the cards? Will BMI's new private equity owners be able to challenge the restrictive Consent Decrees that goven how the org operates?
News From Universal Music and YouTube’s AI partnership to BMI’s equity sale… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up Five of the biggest headlines on MBW this week...
News European concert and ticketing firm CTS EVENTIM generated €1bn in the first six months of 2023 Revenue haul marked the first time the company generated in excess of €1 billion within a six-month period
News Word Collections secures $5m in funding from investors led by Metallica’s Black Squirrel Partners Funds will be used to accelerate Word Collections’ global direct licensing business
News Anthony Abner named Global General Counsel at BMG Abner joined BMG in 2018 as Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs
News NetEase Cloud Music’s paid monthly users grew 11% to 41.8m at the end of June China-based music streaming provider has published its H1 earnings results
News Vietnam’s VNG Corp, owner of music streaming service Zing MP3, files for IPO in the US VNG is Vietnam's first unicorn
News YouTube is testing a search feature that lets you hum to identify songs YouTube has initiated trials of a new song search feature on the Android version of its app
Analysis Songwriters are worried about BMI’s private equity sale – and if it will hurt their royalties. What happens now? MBW has heard rumors from senior music biz figures that BMI has explored talks with a number of potential backers/suitors, with the latest name on the lips of the business being New Mountain Capital
News So there’s an interesting link between Morrison Hotel Gallery and the team that built Concord… The Concord connection here is strong...