News Patrick Moxey’s Ultra International Music Publishing acquires catalog of Grammy-winning producer Zaytoven UIMP has also struck a co-publishing deal with Zaytoven
Analysis News Done deal: Justin Bieber sells catalog to Hipgnosis’ Blackstone fund Deal means Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital has spent around half a billion dollars to date
News Ru Ping Gan named VP of Digital, Asia Pacific at Warner Chappell Music Exec joined the company in 2013
Interviews As ChatGPT sets the internet aflame, will AI write the lyrics of tomorrow’s hits? Dr. Maya Ackerman talks AI, ChatGPT, and human creativity on the latest MBW Podcast
News Irving Azoff’s PRO, Global Music Rights, settles two copyright infringement lawsuits in the US 'We are dedicated to protecting the rights of GMR songwriters and composers,' said GMR General Counsel, Emio Zizza
News EMPIRE partners with Web3 music investment platform Nebula Nebula was founded by Alessandro De Luca, Fuad Hawit and Startup Incubators
News Rights management firm Interstellar Music launches with key hires from Kobalt, BMG David Wille to join as Global Head of Sync and Brand Partnerships, and Sarah Bargiela named Head of Copyright and Royalties
News Primary Wave buys music rights of Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek of the Doors, in ‘monumental’ deal The Doors sold over 35m albums in the US alone and over 100m worldwide
News Warner strikes ‘milestone deal’ with YES, buys recorded music rights to band’s Atlantic Records catalog YES have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide
News Spotify to slash over 500 jobs worldwide, as Dawn Ostroff exits streaming platform Alex Norström, currently Chief Freemium Business Officer, and Gustav Söderström, currently Chief Research & Development Officer, upped to co-Presidents
News Patrick Moxey files counterclaim against Sony Music in legal feud over use of ‘Ultra’ name Entrepreneur argues that his publishing company's use of the Ultra name is distinct from Ultra Records' trademark
News From Flo Rida’s $82.6m legal victory, to the landmark streaming fraud investigation in France… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News TuneCore renews and expands partnership with UK-based publishing administrator Sentric TuneCore Publishing Administration has paid over $100m to songwriters since 2012
News Google parent Alphabet to slash global workforce by 6%, with 12,000 workers to be laid off Tech giant become latest to axe substantial number of its employees
News Warner’s Décibels Productions acquires France-based talent agency Les Visiteurs su Soir Les Visiteurs su Soir was founded in 1991 by Olivier Gluzman
Analysis News The investment bank that’s been most critical of Hipgnosis Songs Fund… just upgraded Hipgnosis Songs Fund to ‘positive’ Merck Mercuriadis' firm gets a bump from one of its biggest critics in the financial world
News Amazon Music raises standard monthly subscription price from $9.99 to $10.99. (Spotify, so far, still refuses to do the same.) Amazon had over 80 million paying music subscribers last year, according to Midia Research
News Avex USA launches Blue Suede Records label JV with TikTok star Ari Elkins Elkins has amassed over 1.9m followers on TikTok