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
News Paul Cormack promoted to General Manager at Better Noise Music Cormack previously served as Managing Director of Canada for the company
Interviews ‘A decade in music is a millennium in other industries.’ Downtown Music Services COO, Ben Patterson, answers MBW's questions
Interviews NFT company Serenade just raised USD $4.2 million. What’s it going to spend it on? Max Shand is the latest interviewee in our Trailblazers series
News Songwriters, rejoice: Spotify appeal FAILS to stop composers getting improved 15.1% streaming royalty rate in the US Bottom line: The streaming services are going to have to fork over a pile of cash to publishers and songwriters
Analysis News From Universal’s Frank Zappa catalog acquisition to Triller’s US IPO… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The big stories from the past week
News Alisha Outridge named Chief Technology & Product Officer at TuneCore Outridge is the first Chief Technology & Product Officer at the Believe-owned company