News YouTube Premium Family Plan price rises 28% to $22.99 per month in the US Subscribers were notified of the change via email
News Ahmed Nureni named General Manager of Warner Music Middle East, as Moe Hamzeh steps down after 5 years Nureni will also remain GM of Qanawat Music
Analysis News From BTS joining the military to Simon Cowell’s TikTok ‘talent show’… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Epidemic Sound bolsters management team with appointment of former Airbnb and Google execs Rikard Herlitz appointed Chief Technology Officer and Julian Persaud named Chief Commercial Officer
Analysis News Robert Kyncl’s to-do list. The new Warner Music Group boss may have these queries on his mind when he joins the music company in January
News Songtradr launches new ‘Smart Sync’ digital rights management tool Smart Sync 'offers the most advanced digital rights management technology in the market,' says Songtradr
News Brian Glover named Senior Director of Streaming at Create Music Group Glover joins Create from independent label Cinematic Music Group
Analysis News The three major music publishers now own or control over 10 million songs between them (kind of) Investor figures from the three majors suggest they are – or will soon be – looking after double-digit millions of songs
Analysis News This AI firm just raised $101m at a reported $1bn valuation – and music is one of its areas of focus Stability AI is described as the 'world's first community-driven, open-source artificial intelligence company'
Analysis Blog Live music is falling apart. The following MBW column comes from London-based music industry journalist and author Eamonn Forde
News EMPIRE expands into electronic music via acquisition of dance label Dirtybird Dirtybird was founded in San Francisco in 2005 by Barclay Crenshaw, also known as Claude VonStroke
News Reservoir acquires catalog of Swing legend Louis Prima Deal includes rights to both Prima’s publishing and recorded music catalogs
News Tim Hrycyshyn promoted to Senior Vice President, Digital Strategy at Republic Records Hrycyshyn joined Republic Records in 2015 as Director of Digital Marketing
News Michael Knox promoted to President of peermusic Nashville Knox previously served as Senior Vice President of peermusic Nashville
Analysis News After a ‘challenging’ H1, Netflix beats expectations to add 2.4m subs in Q3 Netflix's total paid subscriber base at the end of Q3 was 223 million
News Hazel Savage, Music Intelligence VP at SoundCloud, and founder of Musiio, joins Tuned Global board UK-based Savage will primarily focus on supporting growth across EMEA, US and APAC territories
Interviews Kid Harpoon on Harry Styles, navigating the music business – and creating one of the biggest hits in history MBW's World’s Greatest Producers series interviews Harry Styles' collaborator Kid Harpoon, aka Thomas Hull
News Web3 music streaming platform Audius buys virtual concerts platform SoundStage.fm The move brings marks Audius' expansion into the virtual concert space