News TikTok users file lawsuit to block ban in Montana Lawsuit seeks to reverse the ban on the short-form video platform in the state of Montana
News From Ed Sheeran’s second ‘Let’s Get It On’ lawsuit victory to the 3 majors’ joint $2.9m per hour… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place
Interviews ‘Our ambition is to sign acts with the best talent and break them on a global scale.’ Jamie Spinks, Head of A&R at Columbia in the UK, on how A&R is evolving, and more...
News Shahendra Ohneswere appointed Head of Creative Strategy at Island Records Shahendra joins Islands Records from Columbia
News ONErpm launches Digital Strategy Department, led by Casey Childers Located in Nashville, Childers was most recently Senior Project Manager at the company
News Revenues at ticketing and events giant CTS Eventim soared 163% YoY to $392.9m in Q1 Company sold 18 million tickets online in Q1
News Sony Music Masterworks acquires live music and events company Proactiv Entertainment Proactiv Managing Director Nicolas Renna will continue to lead the business
News Dan Waite named Better Noise Music CEO, Steve Kline becomes President; company founder Allen Kovac is now Chairman Recently, Allen Kovac established a second division to BNM, Better Noise Films, a global independent entertainment company developing feature films and other content.
News Ditto Music, edging towards 1m registered artists, goes on hiring spree to fuel international expansion Brothers Lee and Matt Parsons continue to fully own UK-born global distribution and services platform
News Rostrum Records launches parent company Rostrum Pacific to bring together portfolio of entertainment properties MBW understands that Rostrum Pacific is set to house an acquired company at Rostrum, with more details expected later this summer
Analysis Blog Do The Write Thing. Merck Mercuriadis, founder and CEO of Hipgnosis, writes a message to the industry on the day of the Ivor Novellos
News Fortnite maker Epic Games invests in digital fashion company, CLO Virtual Fashion Deal follows major labels’ investment in the digital fashion space and the metaverse
News Ed Sheeran wins second copyright lawsuit over his hit ‘Thinking Out Loud’ and Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ US District Judge Louis Stanton dismissed the case
News Montana becomes first US state to ban TikTok Governor Greg Gianforte signs bill restricting downloads of the app
News ‘Irresponsible and offensive’: NMPA’s David Israelite does not like IMPALA’s new report on the ‘music streaming pie’. At all. Publishers' association chief calls report questioning slices of revenue pie "irresponsible and offensive"
News Tencent Music is developing AI-powered tools to ‘help reduce the barrier to music creation’ Tencent Music Entertainment is doubling down on AI
News Willard Ahdritz receives Innovator Award at Music Biz Conference in Nashville The Kobalt Music founder also took part in a keynote conversation at the event on Tuesday (May 16)
News After being acquired by Chartmetric, tech platform Onesheet, which can build artist One-Sheets ‘in seconds’ launches first version in beta Onesheet was acquired by Chartmetric in October 2022