News Ulf Zick quit Universal to join Utopia in early 2022. Six months later, he’s quitting Utopia to return to UMG. Exec exits role at Utopia after six months
Analysis News Amazon starts making layoffs as part of expected 10,000 job cuts (report) Online shopping giant is expected to reduce its workforce by 3%
News MONSTA X member I.M signs with Sony Music Korea as a solo artist He will work as a solo artist, but he will remain a part of MONSTA X
News Primary Wave buys Whitney Houston hits as part of deal with songwriters Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill Deal follows Primary Wave's $2 billion deal with financial giant Brookfield last month
News Zeon Richards joins Robomagic Live as Vice President Richards joined the promoter in August 2022
News Kazuhiro Shimada named Chief Operating Officer of Warner Music Japan Exec joins from Amazon Music Japan
Analysis News Over 1,000 songs with human-mimicking AI vocals have been released by Tencent Music in China. One of them has 100m streams. TME's Cussion Pang confirms firm has made a lot of progress with its Lingyin Engine
News Liberty Media SPAC to unwind with no takeover target SPAC went public on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in January 2021
News Reservoir wants to spend $100m on music rights this year. It says deal flow – and multiples – aren’t slowing down just yet. Golnar Khosrowshahi says Reservoir still has $2.1 billion pipeline deals still under discussion
News Tencent Music Entertainment reaches 85.3m paying music users, up 19.8% YoY Tencent Music Entertainment has published its financial results for Q3 2022
Analysis Blog How can artists benefit from the metaverse? The following MBW op/ed comes from Samuel Arvidsson, Chief Commercial Officer at Stockholm-based metaverse developer, The Gang
News Bob Workman promoted to SVP, International Brand Partnerships, Warner Music and GM of WMX UK Move will see Warner Music’s UK Brand Partnerships team become part of the global WMX division
News Shauni Caballero named Senior A&R Manager at Sony Music Publishing UK 'Shauni is a true self-made executive and one of the most talented A&R's in the industry,' said David Ventura, SMP UK President, Co-MD and SVP International
News Vevo to launch six new channels on Hulu Live TV Channels include Vevo Pop, Vevo Hip-Hop, Vevo Country, Vevo ‘80s, Vevo ‘90s and Vevo Holiday
News BMG buys Harry Nilsson song rights, including publishing catalog, as well as artist and writer revenue streams Deal includes artist and writer revenue streams of his hit songs
News K-Pop giant SM Entertainment sees revenues soar 65.4% YoY to $179.4m in Q3 Company is behind K-Pop stars like SUPER JUNIOR, Girls’ Generation, SHINee, EXO, Red Velvet, KANGTA, BoA, TVXQ!, NCT and aespa.
Analysis News TikTok, Meta, Russia, and 37% growth: 5 things we learned from Believe’s Q3 earnings call Denis Ladegaillerie and Xavier Dumont tackle analyst questions, hinting at future trends in the business
News MaryLynne Drexler appointed Head of Business & Legal Affairs at Warner’s ADA Worldwide Bryan Roberts has also been named VP, A&R and Label Acquisition for the company