Analysis News Music audio streams just crossed the 1 trillion mark for the first time ever in a single year in the US US market monitor Luminate reports total US music streams figure for 2022
Interviews Martin Kierszenbaum on working with Sting, streaming’s impact on A&R, and why he’s a music biz optimist The Cherrytree Music Company founder discusses his career and industry views within MBW's World's Greatest Managers series
News Dani Oliva appointed VP of Business and Legal Affairs at Venice Music Prior to joining Venice, Oliva founded Oliva Law Group, P.C. in 2017
News Boomplay strikes partnership with France’s Generations Radio to promote African music Partnership will see the launch of the 'Top Africa Charts show' to promote African music and spotlight African artists
News Jamar Chess launches investment group to buy Latin Music rights The firm's first deal, via Wahoo Music Fund One, is a 50% stake in the publishing and recording catalogs of Oro Solido
News With more than 18.5bn streams in 2022, Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist globally for third straight year Streaming giant unveils its Spotify Wrapped feature and stats for 2022
News Prime Video documentary about SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man in the works Film will reportedly be produced by production company This Machine
News ATC Management names trio of new manager partners Brandon Sanchez, Jordan Alper and Ben Rafson join company’s newly opened New York office
News Tech start-up Logcast unveils Spotify integration that lets creators charge for talk content Logcast investors include San Francisco-based VC firm Goodwater Capital
News [PIAS] founders explain why they sold 49% of their company to UMG: ‘The battle lines in our industry have been redrawn.’ Universal Music Group confirmed its acquisition of a minority investment in [PIAS] earlier today
News Record labels welcome UK competition authority report on streaming, as Merck Mercuriadis slams CMA for not using ‘powers they have to fix the problems they identify’ Streaming market study report receives mixed response from the music industry
News Reliance-backed Jio Platforms launches TikTok alternative in India in partnership with Rolling Stone, Creativeland Asia App will go live in January 2023
News Warner Chappell strikes deal with Web3 firm Defient, with plans to launch digital museum for the ‘art and stories of songs’ 'This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of music publishing,' said WCM Co-Chair and CEO Guy Moot and Co-Chair and COO Carianne Marshall
News Ethiopia Habtemariam to step down as Chairwoman and CEO of Motown Habtemariam has spent almost two decades at UMG
Analysis News Concord music rights to fuel $1.65bn Apollo bond offering – report Report marks the latest news about a music company launching bond offerings via securitized royalties from copyrights
News Universal acquires 49% stake in independent music powerhouse [PIAS] Deal follows the formation of a strategic global alliance between the two companies in June 2021
Interviews News Lyor Cohen: ‘The music industry is facing one of our biggest crises to date.’ Cohen argues that YouTube Shorts offers a distinctive difference to the likes of TikTok or Instagram Reels
News UK competition watchdog finds major record labels are not ‘making significant excess profits that could be shared with creators’ Competition and Markets Authority's final report published