News The Great Rock N(FT) Roll Swindle Eamonn Forde raises some concerns over a potential music biz bubble – in which the non-fungible get filthy and furious…
News ONErpm expands in Africa with 5 new offices; Osagie Osarenz promoted to Director of African Operations New offices launched in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa
News Sony is back in business with Tommy Mottola, via launch of 22 Publishing in partnership with NEON16 22 Publishing launched by Sony Music Publishing Latin, Tommy Mottola and entertainment and media company NEON16
News After raising $65m, music making platform BandLab hits 50m user milestone BandLab has also launched a new initiative called the Creator Grant
News Downtown Music Services expands Latin America footprint with key hires and promotions Daniela Gutiérrez has been named Marketing Manager for Mexico, while Estefanía Parra has been promoted to Manager, A&R and Partnerships – LatAm
News Three Six Zero acquires stake in UK-based management company Palm Artists, strikes partnership Palm Artists’ roster includes Gorgon City and DJ/producer Sonny Fodera
Analysis News Goldman Sachs: The global music industry is going to be worth even MORE than we thought Goldman releases a lot of numbers... that will make music's biggest investors very happy
News Spotify to acquire AI voice platform Sonantic Firm built the AI voice model for actor Val Kilmer used in Top Gun: Maverick
News Universal inks strategic global partnership with music licensing tech startup Songclip Songclip closed an $11m funding round in March 2021
News Larry Gaaga appointed Vice President, A&R, at Def Jam Africa Gaaga will lead the A&R division across English speaking markets
Analysis News Kate Bush had the biggest record in the UK last week, but she’s not No.1 on the Official Chart. This is a watershed moment for a music industry struggling to understand the meaning of ‘new’. Kate Bush has been robbed in her home nation. The music industry must learn lessons from what it says.
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'