News Warner Music Group posts $1.38bn in calendar Q1 revenue, up 13.2% YoY Major sellers in the quarter included Ed Sheeran, Michael Bublé, Dua Lipa and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Analysis News Sony generated $1.99bn from recorded music and music publishing in calendar Q1, up 13.5% YoY MBW calculates growth in Sony's music publishing and recorded music revenues in calendar Q1
News Cristina Chavez named Vice President, A&R, at Universal Music Publishing Group Chavez will work closely with songwriters on UMPG’s existing roster, and will also identify and sign rising talent to the company
News Stef Teng joins Warner Music Group as Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Asia Teng's hiring follows the February launch of WMG's Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Institute
News Reservoir and PopArabia acquire Egyptian Record label 100COPIES Reservoir and PopArabia have also signed Egyptian rapper and singer Mohamed Ramadan to a worldwide publishing deal
News Chris Blackwell promoted to EVP of A&R and Content Strategy at Republic Records Blackwell will guide the creation and development of content for the entire Republic Records roster
Analysis News Last week, Daniel Ek bought $50m in Spotify stock. Today, Spotify’s share price sunk to an all-time low. Ek tweeted on Friday that he believed Spotify's "best days are ahead"
News BMG slams ‘industry consensus that turned a blind eye to a 15-year pay freeze for songwriters’ “We regret on this occasion that we did not speak out earlier and more robustly against an industry consensus that turned a blind eye to what has been a 15-year pay freeze for songwriters."
Analysis News Pink Floyd considering sale of recorded music catalog for hundreds of millions of dollars, say Bloomberg sources Warner bought control of Pink Floyd with Parlophone. But not, it seems, for the long term.
Analysis Interviews The Fed just raised interest rates. So did the Bank Of England. A leading music asset valuer explains why it isn’t worrying. Citrin Cooperman's Nari Matsuura explains, in detail, why her firm's Discount Rate for music assets isn't changing
News Multimedia Music buys Atlantic Screen catalog, including Max Richter, Atticus Ross scores The James Gibb-founded company raised over $100 million in February
News Three Six Zero inks partnership with Craig Dorfman’s Frontline Entertainment Dorfman will bring his clients and management team in-house, and will take a partner position at the company
News Warner Music Group’s media and creative division, WMX, hosts inaugural NewFronts event Warner Music, via WMX, says that it now generates 56 billion monthly premium video views across its portfolio.
News $1.3bn-valued DistroKid moves into video distribution with new DistroVid launch The DistroVid platform will allow artists to upload an unlimited amount of music videos and keep 100% of their earnings, the company says
News Sarah Mitchell joins BMG to lead its UK-based neighbouring rights business BMG recently unveiled that it had turned over more than three quarters of a billion dollars in 2021
News Bad Bunny is king of Spotify, setting new all-time record for streams in a single day In 2021, Bad Bunny was the most-streamed artist in the world on Spotify for the second year in a row
News Dalmar ‘Biz Dev’ James Jr. and Eric Namour join distribution platform DistroDirect The new hires mark DistroDirect's ongoing global expansion
News Universal Music Czech Republic & Slovakia partners with live music agency United Stage Group United Stage will be managed by Jindrich Vladyka in the Czech Republic and Patricia Cernochova in Slovakia