News Music industry veteran Robin Godfrey-Cass to exit Round Hill Carlin as UK MD Music industry veteran to leave publisher after four-and-a-half years with the company
News London-based music agency Leland Music makes raft of promotions and hires Ed Bailie has been promoted to Managing Director, while Toby Williams takes the reins as Director
News Universal buys Frank Zappa recordings, song catalog and complete contents of ‘The Vault’ housing 1,000+ hours of film and video Acquisition also includes Frank Zappa’s name and likeness
News US TikTok ban back on the cards as FCC commissioner asks Apple and Google to remove app from stores FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr calls for the app's removal from the Google Play and Apple App stores
Analysis Blog The Decentralization Paradox The following MBW op/ed comes from Dan Symons, founder of SPLIT / LIP, a Web3 and metaverse business consultancy for rights owners
News Backstreet Boys livestream concert watched by 45m viewers in China via Tencent’s WeChat app Performance is claimed to be the the highest-attended livestream concert on WeChat by an international artist
News SoundExchange sues Slacker and parent company LiveOne over unpaid royalties to creators Lawsuit was filed in California on Tuesday, June 28
News Scott Williams named President of CD Baby and Soundrop Williams previously served as Chief Technology Officer of CD Baby
News David Jones named Chief Information Officer at AEG’s Global Technology division Jones will be responsible for the company’s technology strategy and solutions across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions
News DistroKid officially rolls out DistroVid music video distribution service Launch partners include Apple Music, Amazon Music, TIDAL and Vevo
News Grammy Award-winning artist and producer Babyface signs with Capitol Records First album for the label will be 'Girls’ Night Out', to be released October 29
News CAA closes acquisition of rival ICM Partners in $750m deal (report) Deal was first announced by the companies in September 2021
News Raphaël Awóṣéyìn named Chief Marketing Officer at hi-res music service Qobuz Marc Zisman has also been appointed Chief Music Officer at the company
News Downtown inks publishing and label services deal with Jamaica’s Geejam Music 'There is an exciting musical renaissance at play in Jamaica,' said Geejam Music founder, Jon Baker
News Avex USA expands startup investment fund to $25m, signals plan to back Web3 ventures Company to invest in businesses involved in crypto and NFTs, with a wider focus on Web3, the metaverse and the creator economy
News Reservoir strikes deal for stake in catalog of hip-hop producer Marley Marl Deal includes the 2x-Platinum album Mama Said Knock You Out and Grammy-winning title track performed by LL Cool J
News Music distributor Alliance Entertainment is going public via $480m-valued SPAC merger Alliance says going public will "enhance [our] ability to pursue future acquisitions, while also investing in further automation of [our] distribution facilities and upgrading [our] proprietary suite of software"
Analysis News Steve Cooper is leaving Warner Music Group. Will one of these 53 people replace him as CEO? MBW runs down a bunch of executives that might just have a shot of being Warner Music Group's new boss