News Gemma Reilly-Hammond named Managing Director at Quietus Management The Quietus roster includes Simply Red, Simple Minds, Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders, Suede, Bill Wyman and alt.pop artist, Gorran
News Wasserman Music promotes five agents in London office Laura Brown, Cecilia Chan, Suzie Melki, Lucy Putman and Holly Rowland have been promoted, all previously agents at Paradigm Music UK
Analysis News From Spotify’s 1bn user target to TuneCore’s pricing overhaul: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News K-pop giant SM Entertainment strikes licensing deal with NetEase Cloud Music NetEase Cloud Music granted the right to distribute SM's music catalog
News After raising $200m and buying up rights in Asia, Korea’s Beyond Music wants ‘to conquer the global music IP market’ Seoul-based Beyond Music wants 'to conquer the global music IP market'
Analysis News Music’s biggest companies are waiting for a Spotify price rise. For now, Spotify isn’t budging. Daniel Ek is wondering if Netflix "didn't get ahead of itself" with its streaming price rises...
News AI-based music licensing startup Songistry raises $5m Company describes itself as 'a frictionless discovery and licensing engine'
News Universal named as exclusive launch partner for AI-driven music platform that helps dementia patients Vera app was developed and launched by Music Health
News Activist Artists Management expands into Asia with appointment of industry veteran Jonathan Heeter Exec is tasked with identifying and maximising opportunities for Activist’s clients in Asia
News Warner Chappell strikes exclusive publishing deal with Kevin Hart’s entertainment company HARTBEAT WCM will administer all of HARTBEAT’s music composition copyrights
News Ashley Calhoun promoted to President of PULSE Music Group Calhoun was previously Senior Vice President/Head of Creative, PULSE Music Group
Analysis Blog ‘Music creation has changed, fan behavior has changed, and therefore, artists’ needs for digital music distribution have changed too.’ The following MBW op/ed comes from Andreea Gleeson, Chief Executive Officer of DIY distribution company TuneCore
Analysis News Becky G is giving away $500,000 worth of Bitcoin to fans via Cash App Approximately 27,500 winners will receive a Bitcoin payment via Cash App
Analysis News Spotify says it can hit 1bn users globally by 2030. But its MAU growth is slowing in Latin America. MBW analysis shows that Spotify's LatAm MAU growth was smaller in 2021 than it was in 2020
News Zara Larsson buys back recording catalog, launches new Sommer House label Larsson's catalog has been streamed over 9 billion times
News After raising $34m, beatBread closes ‘seven figure artist financing deal’ with singer-songwriter Elley Duhe beatBread claims to have made advances to almost 400 artists since November 2020
News Web3 music investment startup anotherblock raises $2.5m The round was led by Inventure, a Nordic Venture Capital firm
News Robby Hoffman joins Primary Wave talent management division Company’s roster of management clients includes Melissa Etheridge, Cypress Hill, CeeLo Green and more