Analysis Blog This Rihanna NFT Sale Raises Pertinent Questions (update) Bill Werde on the details behind a timely NFT drop that's hit headline news
News TikTok rival Triller acquires influencer marketing firm Julius Founded in 2012, Julius connects influencers with brands and agencies
News Universal’s Epic Rights strikes merch and licensing partnership with the Luther Vandross estate 'Multi-category worldwide retail and e-commerce program to be developed for the legendary singer
News Music distributor Alliance Entertainment completes $480m SPAC merger Firm completes merger with blank check company, Adara Acquisition
News Patrick Moxey’s Ultra International Music Publishing expands into West Africa Harold Serero to oversee development of company's African operations
News From HYBE’s two $300m+ deals to Robert Kyncl’s first earnings call as WMG CEO…. it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Spotify now has an activist shareholder with a history of pushing for price rises ValueAct took a position in the New York Times last year
Analysis News HYBE has now spent $600m+ in one week, as it buys 14.8% stake in K-Pop rival SM Entertainment for $334m HYBE is buying a 14.8% stake in the company from SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo Man
Interviews ‘I don’t take it for granted when someone trusts me to help them with their career – their life, really. That’s a giant statement in itself.’ Kerri Edwards talks about how she helped take Luke Bryan from bars to arenas and what she learned along the way
Interviews TikTok, indie tracks, AI, and tech-driven ‘efficiencies’: Robert Kyncl’s first earnings call at WMG wasn’t short on punchiness MBW digests the new Warner boss's first-ever earnings call
News DJ Khaled inks exclusive deal with Def Jam; joins Universal Music as Global Creative Consultant Artist partners with Def Jam for his We The Best label venture, as well as his future releases as a recording artist
Interviews Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘Everyone that works for me has to be able to count, and they have to be able to say no.’ Universal boss sits down for a discussion with Bill Ackman at Pershing Square's investor day
News Lou Al-Chamaa appointed SVP, Head of A&R Publishing at Avex USA Al-Chamaa spent six years at Sony Music Publishing as Vice President of A&R
News Ingrooves inks exclusive distribution deal with Australian indie label Teamwrk; to distribute rapper Masked Wolf globally Partnership builds on the two companies’ existing alliance signed in mid-2022
Analysis Interviews ‘The MENA region will become a pioneer in the music industry.’ Nada Alhelabi, Strategy Director at MDLBEAST & XP Music Futures Program Director on the challenges and opportunities for the music business in Saudi Arabia and the wider MENA region...
Analysis News Warner generated $1.48bn in calendar Q4, down 2.7% YoY; recorded music streaming revenues fell 2.6% YoY Company revealed these numbers as part of its calendar Q4 (fiscal Q1 ended December 31, 2022) financial results
News Switzerland-based MusicBird secures $100m loan facility from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to buy music rights Company entered the rights acquisition space in 2021
Analysis News Reservoir revenues rise 16% to $29.9m in calendar Q4 2022 Growth was driven by 14% YoY increase to the company's music publishing revenues