News Session signs up as category sponsor at MBW’s 2022 A&R Awards in November High-profile Swedish start-up backs the UK industry's favourite awards event
News Investor appetite for Roblox wanes as bookings drop 4% in Q2, missing forecasts Firm posted a net loss of $176.4 million in Q2
News Germany’s record business generated $1bn in the first half of the year, up 5.5% YoY New H1 2022 figures have been published by German Music Industry Association (BVMI)
Analysis News Spotify has spent $1.2bn+ on companies to scale its non-music business over the past 3 years A round-up on acquisitions made by Spotify over the past three years
Interviews ‘Independent and self-distributed artists will continue to erode the market dominance of Universal, Sony and Warner.’ Downtown CCO Tracy Maddux on the firm's investment strategy, and his predictions for the independent artist sector...
Analysis News Music’s bond adventure continues, as SESAC and Hipgnosis both launch nine-figure offerings SESAC used the money raised to buy Audio Network; Hipgnosis' bonds will be priced next week. Both deals involve Blackstone.
News As live music bounces back after lockdown, Spotify dips a toe into concert ticket business Spotify tests concert ticket sales direct to fans
News Dalia Ganz joins Warner Records as SVP, Digital Marketing Exec joins Warner Records following 17 years with The Walt Disney Company
Analysis Blog ‘As AI creative technologies become more common, the question of AI authorship is particularly important.’ In the following MBW op/ed, Dublin-based Barry Scannell copyright and authorship issues around AI-created art and music
News Island Records Promotes Steven Rowen to SVP, Head of International Marketing Rowen will continue to lead global marketing strategies across the Island roster
News Spotify’s online studio Soundtrap launches live collaboration, auto-save tools Soundtrap will showcase the new tools in a Spotify for Artists Masterclass video to be released Wednesday
Analysis News Music and travel startup Pollen falls into administration, three months after raising $150m Firm calls in restructuring experts Kroll
News Warner Music Canada inks exclusive worldwide distribution deal with indie label Chaos Club Digital Chaos Club Digital is a Vancouver-based music and technology company
News After raising $34m, beatBread strikes 11 new distributor partnerships across North America, Europe and Africa Company inks 'white label agreements' with 11 music distributors
News Deezer to expand in Germany via partnership with broadcaster RTL Spotify rival looking to employ the same strategy it used in Brazil, Deezer’s No.2 market
Analysis News Warner Music Group revenues up 12.1% in calendar Q2; recorded music streaming up 2.7% A mixed bag of results for Warner, but double-digit increase achieved nonetheless – even as ad-funded streaming growth slows
News Luke Armitage promoted to Senior Vice President of Astralwerks Armitage was previously Vice President of Marketing for Astralwerks