Analysis News The major labels face an uphill battle for streaming market share. Here’s how they might fight back. The majors and Merlin have lost 10% of market share on Spotify in the past four years. What are they going to do about it?
News The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas sells stake in publishing catalog to Primary Wave in ‘multi-million dollar deal’ Company says deal includes 'share of music publishing on all Strokes compositions, as well as his share of master copyrights and master royalties'
News Juan Paz joins Apple Music as Global Head of Latin Music Business Paz was previously Managing Director of Warner Music Group's ADA Latin America & Iberia
News Live Nation expands Latin touring team with four new hires Daryivett Romo has joined the company as Director of Latin Tour Marketing
News Ben Kline and Cris Lacy named Co-Presidents of Warner Music Nashville, as John Esposito transitions to Chairman Emeritus role Warner Music Nashville reveals leadership shakeup
News Jennifer Caserta named Head of People at SoundCloud Caserta is responsible for developing and executing the human resources strategy
News From The Weeknd’s ‘crypto powered’ tour to BeatStars’ $200m paid out to creators: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News The Weeknd partners with Binance for ‘first crypto powered world tour’ Binance to release exclusive NFT collection, along with co-branded tour merchandise
News Carol Ding appointed Senior Vice President & Head of Digital and Commercial at Universal Music Greater China Exec will be based in Beijing
News Music marketplace BeatStars has paid out $200m to creators to date Payout update was revealed by founder Abe Batshon on Twitch on Wednesday (June 1)
News Taylor Vaughn promoted to Vice President, Media at Republic Records Prior to joining the Republic Records team in 2014, Vaughn spent three years at Epic Records
News Spotify launches music career advice platform it says is ‘like an artist manager in your pocket’ New interactive career advice portal is called 'In Focus'
News B2B music firm Tuned Global to power Gabb Music streaming app for kids in the US App is powered by Tuned Global’s white-label streaming technology
News aespa and SM Entertainment ink global deal with Warner Records Apple Music recently announced aespa as its newest global 'Up Next' artist
News IFPI inks ‘landmark’ agreement with UAE Ministry of Economy ‘to support local recorded music’ MoU was signed during IFPI’s Global Main Board meeting in Abu Dhabi
News Spinnin’ Records restructures marketing department, highlights long-term focus on Web3 and NFTs Spinnin' has named Susanne Hazendonk as Spinnin’ Records’ VP of Marketing
News Universal Music Group assigned Baa1 and BBB long-term credit ratings by Moody’s and S&P 'We are pleased that, in the inaugural ratings since our public listing, the rating agencies have recognised our strong credit attributes,' said Boyd Muir, UMG's EVP, CFO and President of Operations
News Melissa Ormond named Chief Operating Officer of AEG-owned Goldenvoice Ormond will oversee the day-to-day operations of the company’s concert promotions, venue portfolio, and festivals