News Live Nation acquires concerts division of Thailand-based entertainment company TERO Deal expands upon a joint venture between Live Nation and TERO launched in 2015
Analysis News When will TikTok start paying the music industry ‘properly’? The current 'buy-out' model is causing great concern amongst some music industry companies, MBW has learned
News Superstar songwriter, producer and artist Tainy renews global deal with Sony Music Publishing Tainy produced nine songs on Bad Bunny’s record-breaking album 'Un Verano Sin Ti', and has worked with Cardi B, Dua Lipa and Selena Gomez
News deadmau5’s PIXELYNX names ex Kobalt President and TIDAL CEO Richard Sanders as Group Strategy Advisor Paul Joffe also joins the company as COO, while Steve Wakeman is named Head of Production
News Travis Barker releases first NFT collection via LimeWire, as former file-sharing platform officially launches collectibles marketplace Rollout follows news in May that the platform had struck its first major label partnership with Universal Music Group
News Ajay ‘Charlie B’ Saxena, Nicholas Causarano and George Kalivas named A&R Directors at Warner Music Canada The trio of appointments represents a 'reset' of WM Canada's A&R team, it says
News TikTok: Music e-commerce plans WON’T be affected by TikTok Shop availability The FT reported that TikTok has scrapped the expansion of its TikTok Shop feature into the US and Europe
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Jon Platt The Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Publishing on the songs that have soundtracked his existence so far
News 1 in 3 music listeners in the US discover new music through Twitch, according to new report Study from Twitch and analytics platform Luminate sheds light on how the platform is driving music discovery in the US
News Kylie Jeffrey and Claire Marshall join Australasian concert promoter Frontier Touring Kylie Jeffrey is named Ticketing Director, while Claire Marshall takes on the role of Partnerships Director
News Licensing platform Lickd strikes metaverse music deal with Decentraland’s Vegas City 24-month partnership will see Lickd provide commercial music to Vegas City partners and 'tenants'
News Music licensing platform Freshsound raises $1.33m, recruits ex-Sony and Warner exec Helen McLaughlin to lead catalog expansion McLaughlin is a former Managing Director of Warner Music Sweden, Head of A&R at Sony Music Sweden
News Deezer goes public: Spotify rival makes stock market debut on Euronext Paris Deezer CEO Jeronimo Folgueira rings opening bell
News Rehegoo Music partners with B2B music firm Tuned Global to launch new background streaming service New streaming service is called Music for Spaces
News Arctic Monkeys’ label Domino grew its turnover by 31.6% in 2021, driven by strong catalog sales AM, the 2013-released fifth album from Arctic Monkeys was the UK’s No.1 best-selling independent album in 2021
News Iceland-based music making app Overtune raises $2m in seed funding Investors include Guitar Hero founder Charles Huang, and former CEO and Chairman of Sony Music UK, Nick Gatfield
News Sound recording copyright term to be extended to 70 years in New Zealand New Zealand's current copyright protection covers 50 years