News TikTok rival Triller files to go public on Nasdaq via ‘the largest creator IPO in history’ Triller owns VERZUZ, Fangage, Julius and other subsidiaries, all bought via acquisition
News Anghami acquires events and concerts company Spotlight, as it expands into live entertainment Deal will see Spotlight Events become Anghami's arm for live events and concerts
News Independent rock and metal label Earache Records launches music distribution platform Earache says it will take a 10% cut of artists' royalties
News Kanye West sued for allegedly sampling Chicago House legend Marshall Jefferson’s music without permission Suit was filed by Ultra International Music Publishing in New York
News Brigitte Green promoted to Senior Vice President Film & TV Creative Licensing at Interscope Geffen A&M Records Green joined Interscope in 2018 as Vice President of Creative Licensing
News Kimberly Knoller named Chief Marketing Officer at deadmau5’s metaverse platform PIXELYNX Exec will oversee all marketing strategy and execution for PIXELYNX and its first game, ELYNXIR
News Music industry veteran Robin Godfrey-Cass to exit Round Hill Carlin as UK MD Music industry veteran to leave publisher after four-and-a-half years with the company
News London-based music agency Leland Music makes raft of promotions and hires Ed Bailie has been promoted to Managing Director, while Toby Williams takes the reins as Director
News Universal buys Frank Zappa recordings, song catalog and complete contents of ‘The Vault’ housing 1,000+ hours of film and video Acquisition also includes Frank Zappa’s name and likeness
News US TikTok ban back on the cards as FCC commissioner asks Apple and Google to remove app from stores FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr calls for the app's removal from the Google Play and Apple App stores
Analysis Blog The Decentralization Paradox The following MBW op/ed comes from Dan Symons, founder of SPLIT / LIP, a Web3 and metaverse business consultancy for rights owners
News Backstreet Boys livestream concert watched by 45m viewers in China via Tencent’s WeChat app Performance is claimed to be the the highest-attended livestream concert on WeChat by an international artist
News SoundExchange sues Slacker and parent company LiveOne over unpaid royalties to creators Lawsuit was filed in California on Tuesday, June 28
News Scott Williams named President of CD Baby and Soundrop Williams previously served as Chief Technology Officer of CD Baby
News David Jones named Chief Information Officer at AEG’s Global Technology division Jones will be responsible for the company’s technology strategy and solutions across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions
News DistroKid officially rolls out DistroVid music video distribution service Launch partners include Apple Music, Amazon Music, TIDAL and Vevo
News Grammy Award-winning artist and producer Babyface signs with Capitol Records First album for the label will be 'Girls’ Night Out', to be released October 29
News CAA closes acquisition of rival ICM Partners in $750m deal (report) Deal was first announced by the companies in September 2021