News Liz Leyva and Cristobal Brito join Saban Music Group’s Latin division Liz Leyva joins as Vice President of Latin Marketing, while Cristobal Brito is named Senior Director of Latin A&R
News Universal dumps DIY distribution, as Spinnup goes invite-only Spinnup is changing to a 'curated artist discovery and distribution platform'
News Julia Hummel named Vice President, Digital Strategy & Business Development, at Warner Music Canada Hummel will help the label’s artists leverage opportunities up in Web3
News A new independent distribution powerhouse emerges in Scandinavia, as Danmark buys Secretly Noord Secretly Distribution to become equity partner in DANMARK
Interviews I have seen the future of music. It’s scary, and utterly brilliant. Our mind has been blown by Soundful. Yours will be, too.
News Tuned Global teams with personalized music-for-gaming firm Reactional Music, in push to help gaming sector integrate music into gameplay B2B music streaming technology firm Tuned Global strikes deal to be Reactional Music's back-end music provider
News After listing on the NASDAQ in February, Anghami posts revenues of $35.5m for 2021, up 16% YoY Anghami has published its full year financial results for 2021
Interviews ‘In country, I feel like the magic of songwriting is still very apparent and very dominant.’ MBW profiles country music writing royalty Ashley Gorley as part of our World's Greatest Songwriters series
News ONErpm opens Atlanta Office, headed up by Orlando McGhee Nick Love and Glenn 'Guccio' Teague join company's Atlanta office as Marketing and A&R executives
News YMU launches US Entertainment division, led by April Tombs YMU's global clients include Steve Aoki, The Rolling Stones, Nick Cave, Pentatonix, Common and more
News BMG’s latest film project is a new feature-length documentary on Marc Bolan and T. Rex U2, Elton John, David Bowie, Ringo Starr, Nick Cave, Joan Jett, and filmmaker Cameron Crowe among the cast
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