News After acquiring Soundtrap in 2017, Spotify sells the music making platform back to its founders The streaming giant acquired Stockholm-based platform in November 2017
News As sped-up remixes take over TikTok, Universal releases compilation album of sped-up hits ‘Sped Up Songs: Official Remixes from Viral Creators and Speed Radio' features remixes of tracks by Sam Smith, Lana Del Rey and more
News Nile Rodgers named as Apple Music’s Artist in Residence focusing on Spatial Audio Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio was rolled out on Apple Music in June 2021
Analysis News From Deezer’s AI music strategy, to who HYBE might try to buy in Latin Music… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place
Interviews ‘We are witnessing a resurgence of hip-hop across Africa.’ MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Wale Davies, Sony Music Publishing's Head of A&R for Africa
News BTS become first artist to use TikTok’s ‘new release’ promotional tool, for new single ‘Take Two’ New tool lets artists highlight a new track to fans for up to 14 days before release, and for 30 days after release
Analysis HYBE is raising a stack of capital to buy Latin Music companies. Who might it target? MBW picks out 10 companies that might just be on the minds of Scooter Braun and HYBE Chairman, Bang Si-Hyuk
News DistroKid faces potential class-action lawsuit over how it handles takedown requests Complaint argues that DistroKid breached its fiduciary duty
News Warner Music Group strikes deal with kids audio platform Yoto Warner to bring select artists to kids' music player Yoto
News Why has the Musicians’ Union in the UK declined a pay rise for its session musician members? The MU has been negotiating the rate of pay for session musicians in the UK
News Murda Beatz manager Cory Litwin joins Range Media Partners as Managing Partner in music division Litwin has been managing Murda Beatz since 2014
News CTM Outlander acquires catalog of Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Shane McAnally CTM Outlander disclosed its ambition in April 2021 to invest $1 billion in copyrights over the next five years
News Gregor Pryor named Managing Partner, Europe and the Middle East at law firm Reed Smith Pryor has been the co-chair of the Entertainment and Media Industry Group since 2015
News Evan Bogart’s Seeker Music acquires publishing catalog of UK production duo Future Cut Duo worked on production and songwriting for Lily Allen's multi-platinum debut album, Alright, Still
News One House launches management platform and creative studio division Company was founded in 2015 by CEO Napper Tandy
News Jeff Skaggs appointed Head of Milk & Honey Nashville Skaggs previously served as VP of Creative at Creative Nation
News Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards return for second year Event celebrates the art of music photography
Analysis Why a $1 billion deal for Queen’s catalog is possible – and what CNN and The Daily Mail got drastically wrong A deeper dive into what could become the biggest music catalog deal of all time