Analysis Does YouTube owe Bad Bunny an explanation – or a bigger check? Bill Werde juxtaposes record numbers for Latin music in the US with YouTube's historical payouts to music rightsholders
Analysis News Meta launches latest round of layoffs, as company’s market cap value rebounds Round of layoffs announced in March began on Tuesday (April 18), according to reports
News GloRilla sued for alleged copyright infringement over sample used on ‘Tomorrow’ Lawsuit comes from Ivory Paynes, part of the 1990s New Orleans rap outfit Dog House Posse.
News Thomas Sharp Maxwell promoted to General Manager USA at IDOL, as firm plots North American expansion Promotion follows the hire of Allison Kleshefsky, its New York-based DSP Editorial & Partnerships Lead last year
News Armin van Buuren’s Armada Music launches $100m catalog-buying fund backed by Pinnacle Financial Launched by Armada Music, the fund claims to be the world’s first dance music investment company
News Web3 company Public Pressure forms music division in London, led by Managing Director Stephen King King is a former UK Managing Director of Believe
News PRS for Music strikes partnership with music tech startup Orfium for licensing across Africa Orfium was founded in 2015 in Los Angeles by Drew Delis and Chris Mohoney and is led by CEO Rob Wells
News Drake sued for alleged copyright infringement over sample used on ‘Calling My Name’ Ghanaian rapper Obrafour has filed a lawsuit against Drake
News SM Entertainment HQ raided by financial regulator in South Korea (report) South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service is investigating suspected stock manipulation
Analysis News Netflix is launching a password-sharing crackdown in the next few weeks in the US. Could Spotify follow? Netflix first announced its intention to start charging its users to share passwords around a year ago
Analysis Thoughts on Ghostwriter, Drake, AI… and why the music industry shouldn’t panic Andy Chatterley gives his perspective on the story the whole business is talking about
News Claire McAuley promoted to EVP, Global Rights Management at Warner Chappell Music Exec has worked at WCM since 2018, originally joining as VP, Operations before being promoted in 2019 to become SVP, Global Administration.
News Downtown forms new Artist and Label Services division, led by President Ben Patterson Division was born from Downtown’s distribution arm DashGo
News Hipgnosis acquires writer’s share of performance income from Grammy-winning songwriter David Foster David Foster has won 16 Grammy Awards
Interviews ‘In the first meeting, she basically told them to f*** off and that she didn’t need them – but they came back for a second meeting.’ Becky Hill’s manager Alex Martin talks to MBW about his journey so far with the double BRIT-winning artist...
News Esteban Geller appointed General Manager of Sony Music US Latin Most recently, Geller served as Senior Vice President, Artist Relations & Marketing
News BMG integrates frontline and catalog recordings businesses The change means that Fred Casimir, EVP Global Repertoire, will now lead a team of around 90, responsible for marketing recordings around the world
News Latin music label The Wave Music Group inks long-term distribution deal with Capitol Music Group Deal follows the news that Latin music officially generated more than $1bn in US recorded music revenue in 2022.