News From YouTube’s 80m Music and Premium subs to Meta’s 11,000 layoffs… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Warner launches OUT OF ORDER, an emerging markets-focused record label led by Selina Chowdhury Label will highlight music from regions including Africa, India, the Middle East, Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean
Interviews You’re about to hear a lot more from… Carl Samuel In the latest instalment of our series talking to execs on the rise, having a moment or, most commonly, both, we talk to Carl Samuel, Senior A&R Manager at Columbia Records UK and manager of up-and-coming Brighton rapper ArrDee…
Analysis Blog Games have raced ahead to build Web3, but it’s not too late for music The following MBW op/ed comes from Bruno Guez, CEO of Digital rights administration company Revelator
News Dani Deahl named Head of Communications & Creator Insights at BandLab Technologies Deahl most recently served as Editorial Director at Output
News TikTok cuts global revenue target for 2022 by $2bn (report) Company reportedly initially expected revenue to range between $12bn and $14.5bn
News Sound Royalties launches US West Coast unit led by StessCo’s Andrew Stess and David Blutenthal Partnership with StessCo will expand Sound Royalties’ existing team in Los Angeles
News British music industry figure John ‘Knocker’ Knowles passes away, aged 73 Knowles worked with artists including Bob Marley and The Wailers and Chris Rea
News The A&R Awards 2022: All The Winners A big night for the UK music industry, as an array of companies and individuals pick up awards
Analysis News YouTube Music and Premium surpass 80m paid subscribers That subscriber figure marks a 30 million increase on the last subscriber figure
News Craig ‘Big C’ Mannix promoted to Vice President, Black Music at Universal Music Canada 'Craig’s impact on UMC has been immeasurable,' said Jeffrey Remedios, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Canada
Analysis News Bad Bunny is Apple Music’s Artist of the Year for 2022 Fouth album Un Verano Sin Ti is the platform's most streamed album of 2022
News Maria Garrido named Chief Marketing Officer Officer at Deezer Exec to be based in Paris, reporting directly to CEO Jeronimo Folgueira
News Mark Zuckerberg makes 11,000 layoffs at Meta Move was announced by Zuckerberg on Wednesday, November 9
Analysis News Labels asking TikTok for share of ad revenue in new deal talks (report) Bloomberg reports that the three majors are asking TikTok for a share of ad revenues in talks for new deals
Analysis News Reservoir Media revenues grow 10% YoY to $33.3m in calendar Q3 Company has published new investor filings for the three months to end of September
News Kuke, a classical music platform from China, is at risk of being delisted from the NYSE Kuke launched its US listing in January 2021, raising $50m
News Snoop Dogg signs with talent agency WME for representation in all areas 'WME is the only place that can handle the career I’ve built and grow it even further,' Snoop Dogg said