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
News From Universal’s $2.46bn in Q1 to the record labels and publishers’ major settlement: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
Analysis Blog ‘This agreement guarantees a raise for CDs, vinyl and downloads, but we know that songwriters need much more to succeed – they need fairness.’ This op/ed comes from David Israelite, the President & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA)
News Live Nation revenues soar to $1.8bn in Q1 2022, as company delivers ‘best first quarter ever’ Live Nation has published its financial results for Q1 2022 (ended March 31)
News Paul Bonham promoted to Professional Development Director at MMF Anneliese Harmon has also been announced as GM
News Record labels and publishers ink major settlement, moving from 9.1 cents to 12 cents per track for US mechanical royalties on physical sales Agreement reached to settle rate negotiation in the US
Analysis News Confirmed: Sony Music paid Universal €102 million for stake in Todd Moscowitz’s Alamo Records A new nugget of information emerges - and MBW does the math
News Splice Chief Music Officer Maria Egan exits, joins Riot Games as Global Head of Music & Events Egan was previously Chief Music Officer at Splice since 2020