News Apple Music launches livestream concert series for ‘the biggest stars in music’, beginning with Harry Styles Series to start with Harry Styles' ONE NIGHT ONLY IN NEW YORK performance on Friday May 20
News Universal’s Bravado makes metaverse move with Jamiroquai partnership on The Sandbox gaming platform 'Both Bravado and Universal Music Group are excited to help fans explore the metaverse,' said Rachel Redfearn, SVP A&R and Brand Management, Bravado
Analysis News Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber currently have the most monthly listeners of all artists on Spotify With just over 84 million monthly listeners, Ed Sheeran remains comfortably in the lead, despite having not released a new studio album since October 2021
News NFT marketplace Serenade raises $4.2m, plans expansion into the US Visual rebrand and marketplace technology update also planned
News Talent management training program Music Business Academy for Africa returns for second year Led by Programme Director, Elizabeth Sobowale, the training course runs between July and November 2022
Analysis Streaming’s surprise growth in Sweden suggests that, for Spotify, the time for price rises is now MBW turns a magnifying glass to Sweden and Brazil, and discovers some startling statistics about Daniel Ek's successes
News Web3 startup Medallion, led by former Songkick CEO Matt Jones, raises over $9m in seed funding round Seed round saw support from Mick Management, Mike Shinoda, Red Light Ventures and more
News Hannah Dudley named Head of Artist Promotion and Marketing at amuse The hire follows what amuse calls a "year of growth" for the label, which has 5000+ tracks within its catalog of licensed music, it says
News Universal consolidates licensing rosters of merchandise companies Bravado and Epic Rights Lisa Streff to oversee global licensing strategies across both companies
News UK music licensing company PPL reports revenues of $347.7m for 2021, up 12% YoY £252.8m ($348m) is second highest annual revenue total for PPL
News After returning as an NFT platform, LimeWire strikes first major label deal with Universal Music Group LimeWire says UMG artists can now use its platform to sell NFTs directly to fans and collectors
News Dominique Casimir promoted to Chief Content Officer at BMG, taking on responsibility for UK repertoire The move will see Casimir carry direct responsibility for BMG’s repertoire operations in 16 international territories
News From Sony and Warner’s calendar Q1 results to TikTok’s A&R recruitment drive: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News BMG and Warner competing for Pink Floyd catalog, which could fetch more than Bruce Springsteen’s $500m+ deal (report) FT reports that bids are flying in above the half-billion-dollar mark
Analysis News At $4.9bn, Peloton’s market cap value has plunged to just 10% of what it was in January 2021 Stat Of The Week: Spotify isn't the only music-related tech giant with a rapidly sinking share price
News BMG Chief Operating Officer Benjamin Katovsky exits Katovsky has served as Chief Operating Officer since July 2018
News Ghostly International and Secretly form All Flowers Group All Flowers Group will be the parent company of Ghostly and the newly launched hip-hop and r&b label, drink sum wtr
News Warner’s ADA Worldwide forms JV with independent label and creative agency, Big.Ass.Kids Company was founded by le’Roy Benros in 2021