News Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch 2023: Ethel Cain, Nonso Amadi, Armani White, Pajel, Four more Artists To Watch are inducted into VEVO's class of 2023
News Universal hires former SoundCloud exec Alvaro Galbete-Velilla to develop opportunities in Web3 and the Metaverse Kristen Bender also elevated to Senior Vice President, Digital Innovation Strategy & Business Development
News NetEase Cloud Music strikes licensing deal with J-pop and anime music company Pony Canyon Pony Canyon's catalog includes artists such as Official HIGE DANdism, GARNiDELiA, Kana Hanazawa
News Pierrot Raschdorff appointed Senior Director of Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at BMG Exec joins from Penguin Random House in Germany
News From Steve Cooper’s last Warner interview to Concord’s $1.8bn bond offering… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Concord prices $1.8bn bond offering backed by over 1m music copyrights Transaction is claimed to be 'the largest asset-backed securitization offering of music rights in the industry to date'
Interviews The Steve Cooper exit interview: ‘All successful companies get to a point where they’d benefit from fresh eyes.’ In his last ever public interview as CEO of Warner Music Group, Steve Cooper talks achievements, fears... and the future
News Connect Music Group expands operations in UK via acquisition of artist and label services firm MTX MTX was founded in 2018 by Mike Bartlett and Mike Mills
News Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch 2023: K-Trap, Lauren Spencer Smith, Ramón Vega, flowerovlove Four more from VEVO's global lists of artists tipped to make their breakthrough in 2023
News Atlantic’s Julie Greenwald and Craig Kallman to receive 2023 Salute To Industry Icons Honor at Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala Atlantic Records celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2023.
News Xplicit signs with Electric Feel Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing New management team and publishing partner for hit songwriter
Analysis News TuneCore has paid out $3bn to self-releasing artists to date TuneCore reported further that its music publishing division has paid artists close to $90 million to date
News Merlin partners with fitness app Supernatural to bring indie music to Meta Quest virtual workouts Supernatural claims to be 'world's first subscription-based, full-body fitness service for virtual reality'
Analysis News Hipgnosis Songs Fund revenues climb 7.5% YoY, streaming revenues up 15.8% YoY, in most recent half-year period Positive signs for Merck Mercuriadis-led company in latest set of public figures
News [PIAS] to distribute Universal-owned Spinefarm Records as part of companies’ global alliance Label will be distributed worldwide basis through the [PIAS] services division [Integral]
News Tuned Global partners with two firms in the medical technology space, MediMusic and Nue Life Health Tuned Global to provide metadata, music content, and streaming service functionality through its suite of APIs
News Dirty Hit extends global distribution deal with Ingrooves Music Group Dirty Hit is behind artists such as The 1975, Wolf Alice, Pale Waves
News K-Pop promoter Powerhouse, which has worked with BTS, BLACKPINK and MONSTA X, strikes strategic partnership with AEG Presents Company produced 15 shows for BTS’ 2018 Love Yourself US Tour in 2018