News Corey Williams upped to VP, Business and Legal Affairs, Rights & Clearances for Republic Records, Def Jam Recordings and Island Records Williams joined UMG in 2015 as Director of Business & Legal Affairs and was promoted to Senior Director of Business & Legal Affairs soon after joining the company
News Warner Music’s WMX launches visual podcast series exploring The Notorious B.I.G.’s final album Series is entitled Iconic Records: Life After Death
News Heath Johns promoted to President, Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia at BMG Johns was BMG’s first employee in Australia when the company launched in the country in 2016
News Less than 2 years after closing a $12m funding round, livestreaming platform Mandolin shutters Mandolin was named the most innovative music company in the world by Fast Company in 2022
News Snap, which now has 750m monthly users, expands augmented reality partnership with Live Nation Platform will offer custom-built, immersive AR tools at 16 festivals
News Daniel Ek takes Spotify’s battle with Apple to Washington Ek is in Washington, DC, this week, to lobby lawmakers to pass a law that would prevent Apple from engaging in 'anti-steering' behavior.
Interviews Shunsuke Muramatsu, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), on the CD’s continued dominance in the market, and how anime acts as a gateway to Japanese music worldwide MBW's World Leaders series speaks to Shunsuke Muramatsu, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Japan
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