News Sony Music Publishing inks global deal with Black River Publishing In the partnership, SMP will provide its global services to Black River's publishing catalog
News Social audio company Gimme Radio raises $3m Previous investors include iHeartMedia and The Orchard
News Warner Music Israel launches, headed by Mariah Mochiach Mochiach will report into Alfonso Perez-Soto, President of Emerging Markets, Warner Recorded Music
News Universal expands business in Czech Republic by relaunching six label brands Brands include Capitol Records, Island, Sky Box, Def Jam, SinglTon, Virgin Music Label & Artist Services.
News Genneah Turner appointed General Manager of The Featured Artists Coalition Turner joins during a period of expansion for the UK’s artist trade body, says FAC.
News Tim Pithouse joins Three Six Zero as President of Central Services, overseeing Marketing and Web3 Pithouse joins Three Six Zero from Sony Music's The Orchard, where he was Global Head of Artist & Label Services
Analysis Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Music both added more paying music users than Spotify in Q1 NetEase Cloud Music added 7.8 million paying users in Q1; Tencent Music added 4.0 million
News SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man talks the metaverse and his ‘Future Vision of K-Pop’ SM Entertainment's founder and Chief Producer delivered a speech at Stanford University On Friday, May 20
News Is Elon Musk going to save the music industry? This MBW op/ed comes from Ran Geffen, founder of XR connect development agency OMR and CEO of Amusica Song Management in Israel
News Helen Sachdev named Chair of joint venture between PPL and PRS for Music Sachdev takes over from Teresa Robson-Capps, and will run a board that is made up of three PPL and three PRS for Music Directors
News Kakul Srivastava named new Splice CEO, as founder Steve Martocci transitions to new role Joining the company from Adobe, Srivastava has served on the Splice Board of Directors since 2021
News Nick Barr named Vice President, A&R and Creative Strategy at Island Records Barr will play a key role in signing new talent, while bringing his marketing, digital, and creative strategy to the label
News Madelaine Napoleone joins Warner Music Canada as VP, Marketing Napoleone joins from Universal Music Canada, where she worked for nearly 18 years
News After raising $122m, mobile ticketing platform DICE expands into Germany DICE recently raised up to $122 million in Series C funding
Interviews News Troy Carter’s Venice is launching an NFT-gated members’ club – offering artist services, studios, and more Troy Carter talks about the Venice Music Collective and shares his thoughts on the future of Web3 and NFTs in the music industry
Analysis Blog Music streaming has a ‘tsundoku’ problem London-based music industry journalist Eamonn Forde on the future of music streaming's subscription model
Interviews ‘Music has always been my safe haven, it kept me off the streets and it kept me dreaming big.’ Swizz Beatz discusses growing up in the South Bronx, his approach to production, working with artists and much more besides.
News Music Web3 startup Highlight raises $11m from backers including Three Six Zero, WME Highlight aims to let anyone mint NFTs with no technical knowledge required