News Abbey Road Studios to host free 3 day festival with masterclasses for artists, producers and composers next week Attendance to this year’s event in London next week is free by entering a ballot
News Vevo showcases 20 possible stars of 2023 with its latest Artists To Watch list New batch of Next Big Things will be featured across the music video giant's network
Analysis News Sony generated $2.15bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q3 – up 16.4% year-on-year Beyoncé's RENAISSANCE was Sony Music's biggest-selling recorded music project in calendar Q3 2022
Analysis News Sir Lucian Grainge on the dilution of the majors’ music on streaming platforms, TikTok’s future and more Grainge participated in a Q&A on Universal Music Group's Q3 earnings call last week
News Concord unveils new logo, expands global HQ in Nashville Company announces 8,300 sq. ft. expansion of its second-floor offices
News Tracks from Taylor Swift’s Midnights just claimed the entire Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 Anti-Hero was the biggest track from the album in its first week
News Mike Caren’s APG makes string of executive hires and promotions Brett Copell upped to SVP for Legal & Business Affairs; Alexis Warner promoted to Marketing Director; Sebastien Christie hired as Sr. Director of A&R Administration and Jesse Wylde as Sr. Director, Artist & Business Development.
News Ron Stewart promoted to SVP of Urban Promotion at Warner Records Cory Sparks also joins the label as VP of Urban Promotion
News Reservoir strikes deal with Grammy Award-winning artist KayGee, including entire catalog and future works KayGee is a founding member of Grammy-winning hip-hop trio Naughty By Nature.
News Deezer revenues grow 13.8% YoY in Q3, but total subscribers fall 2.5% to 9.4m Streaming company publishes results for Q3 2022
Analysis News From UMG’s 13.3% YoY revenue growth in Q3 to Spotify’s 7m new subscribers… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
Analysis News Taylor Swift’s Midnights (3am Edition) has generated over $1.3m in sales on Tencent’s QQ Music in China Midnights continues to perform well in China
News Lil Durk teams up with Exceed Talent Capital to offer ‘IPO’ of upcoming music Company claims to let artists 'create a legally compliant IPO of their work'
News After closing $325m deal, HarbourView appoints music biz veteran Palisa Kelley as MD Kelley joins HarbourView from music industry law firm Selverne Kelley Bradford,
Analysis News Universal generated nearly $1 billion from subscription streaming in Q3, as overall revenues grew 13.3% YoY UMG published its financial results for the three months to end of September 2022
Analysis News Global songwriter royalty collections topped $10bn in 2021, but were still below pre-pandemic levels CISAC has published its Global Collections Report 2021
News Shamrock, the investment firm that bought Taylor Swift’s masters, sells minority stake 'Passive minority equity interest' acquired by RidgeLake Partners and Bonaccord Capital Partners
Analysis Blog HODL the Line: The future of Web3 in the music industry Gregor Pryor, Head of Entertainment & Media at law firm Reed Smith, explores the future of Web3 investment in the music industry