Interviews Per Sundin on ABBA, Pophouse’s acquisition strategy – and why he thinks the smartest people at record companies will soon be working on catalog The CEO of Pophouse Entertainment, and former CEO of Universal Music Sweden, joins the MBW Podcast
News Is Spotify readying a $20-a-month ‘Platinum’ tier that includes HiFi audio? The 'Platinum' level service will reportedly include HiFi audio, a "Headphone Tuner" and more
News As BTS prepare to join the military – and quit music until 2025 – HYBE’s CEO says company has a plan without its biggest earner HYBE has confirmed that BTS will carry out compulsory military service in their home country of South Korea
News Mercedes-Benz strikes Dolby Atmos partnership with Apple Music and Universal Universal will officially base song approval process on sound quality in Mercedes-Benz vehicles
News Voly Group hires Henry Featherstone from Investec as Head of Treasury Sales Voly works with artist management companies, live music promoters, tour managers and business managers, amongst other sectors
News BTS to fulfill mandatory military service in South Korea and ‘reconvene’ in 2025 Oldest member of the group, Jin, will be the first to initiate the process
News Live Nation buys ‘significant’ stake in Broccoli City Festival Marcus Allen and Brandon McEachern will join Live Nation Urban in executive roles
News BTS’s free concert attracts 49M+ viewers online in what could be the last in years Under Korea’s laws, men aged 18 to 35 are required to serve in the military for 18 to 21 months.
Analysis News From TikTok parent’s music streaming plans to Latin Music’s $510m US revenues in H1… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Petter Walther Walthinsen promoted to Head of A&R for Warner Chappell Music Nordics Walthinsen originally joined the company in 2018 as Senior A&R Manager of Warner Chappell Music Norway
News YouTube Shorts sponsors new category at next month’s A&R Awards Short-form video platform helps highlight the A&R stars from the ranks of the industry's best managers
Analysis News France’s record business grew 8.2% to €364m in H1, but growth slowed in the world’s fifth largest music market France-based industry body SNEP publishes market's H1 results
Analysis Interviews ‘Short-form video has changed the way music is performed, shared, and enjoyed. Competition for eyeballs is fierce.’ MBW's World Leaders series interviews Sherry Tan, Managing Director of Warner Music China
News The exec who built Spotify For Artists just launched… SoundCloud For Artists Repost artist services platform renamed 'SoundCloud for Artists'
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Julie Greenwald The Chairman and CEO of Atlantic Music Group on the songs that have soundtracked, and changed, her life
News Hipgnosis strikes partnership with Songclip, a tech platform for integrating licensed music in apps Songclip claims to be the world’s only patented music clip company
Analysis News TikTok parent in talks with labels to launch music streaming service in 12+ new markets – report Sony Music Entertainment recently refused to renew its licensing agreement with Resso, resulting in its catalog being pulled from the service in all three of its current territories
Interviews News Music catalog acquisitions cooling down? Not at Primary Wave: ‘We’ve never been busier.’ MBW breaks down Primary Wave's new deal – and gets answers from Larry Mestel