News HYBE warns of potential ‘legal measures’ against SM Entertainment over Kakao deal (report) Rift between K-Pop giants HYBE and SM Entertainment escalates
News After partnering with Warner last year, pre-cleared music for games platform STYNGR inks licensing deal with ICE Services STYNGR offers pre-cleared music for games and the metaverse
News Abbey Road’s free ‘Equalise’ Festival returns for fourth year London’s Abbey Road Studios announces the return of its annual Abbey Road Equalise festival on Saturday, March 4, to coincide with International Women’s Day
Analysis Blog Why a US legal ruling over an AI-generated cartoon has major implications for music’s future. AI legal expert Barry Scannell, analyzes a new decision in the US that could have consequences for the future
News From HYBE’s stake in SM Entertainment to Live Nation’s $9.6bn investment in artists… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
Analysis Blog Web3 technology isn’t in vogue like it was last year. But it’s still the future of the music business. Sergio Mottola, co-founder and President of Public Pressure, on why he thinks Web3 can still be transformative for the music sector
News Long-time Warner Music Group board member, Thomas H. Lee, found dead at 78 Warner, Thomas H. Lee Partners, and Lee's family pay tribute to entrepreneur, who was found dead in New York yesterday
Analysis News Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti was the biggest album in the world in 2022 IFPI's Global Album Award for 2022
Analysis News Is Live Nation ‘the largest financial supporter’ of artists? Concerts giant spent $9.6bn putting on shows in 2022 Company files financial results for Q4 and the full year ended December 31, 2022
News Cathy Bauer named Head of Physical Sales and Marketing at ADA Worldwide Bauer most recently spent nearly five years as Vice President of Sales & Marketing at ABKCO Music & Records.
Analysis News How Sony Music Group accelerated its status as the world’s 2nd biggest music rights company in 2022 In a milestone year for Sony, the company's global music operation grew the gap between it and Warner's annual revenues
Analysis News NetEase Cloud Music now counts over 611,000 registered independent artists NCM had 38.3 million monthly paying users at the end of 2022
Analysis News European Commission bans staff from using TikTok on work devices The European Union's executive arm has banned its staff from using TikTok on their work phones over cyber security concerns
News Joel Zimmerman joins Range Media as partner in music division Zimmerman spent 13 years of his career at WME
Analysis News As It Was by Harry Styles was the biggest single globally in 2022, according to the IFPI Styles' As It Was wins IFPI’s Global Single Award for 2022
News Music industry veteran Robin Godfrey-Cass joins Primary Wave to focus on catalog acquisitions from ‘iconic’ songwriters Exec's experience in the music industry spans over 40 years
News London’s V&A Museum acquires David Bowie archive with £10m donation from Blavatnik Family Foundation, Warner Music Archive covers more than 80,000 items from Bowie’s six-decade career
News Yvette Medina named Head of Latin Music at YMU Medina joins the company from her own artist management company, Creative Management Firm