News Wasserman Music acquires Paradigm’s UK live music business Wasserman Music launched in April 2021 with the acquisition of Paradigm’s North American live music representation business
News Warner Music Group launches in-house podcast network, Interval Presents, led by Allan Coye WMG labels and digital editorial brands will continue to produce podcast content under their own banners
Analysis Nearly 80% of artists on Spotify have fewer than 50 monthly listeners There is an ocean of music on Spotify that is a very long way from being popular
News After teaming up with SoundCloud, Splice partners with African music streaming service, Boomplay Companies to introduce 'beat battle' and new series of sample packs and collections called 'Beyond Afrobeats'
News Having paid $222m to artists in 2021, TuneCore has now surpassed total payouts of $2.5bn Artists using the platform have achieved 500bn streams and 700m downloads
News Glenn Mendlinger promoted to EVP of Republic Records and President of Imperial Music Mendlinger is based out of the company’s global headquarters in New York
Interviews News ‘Web3 will be a building block for every musician in the future.’ Justin Blau tells MBW how Royal wants to be positioned in the music business, and gives us his predictions for the NFT space...
News Nick Bral promoted to Vice President, Creative, at Sony Music Publishing Bral will be responsible for managing songwriter relations and fostering creative collaboration on behalf of the company’s U.S. roster
News NFT platform SoundMint raises $1.7m led by the Sandbox parent Animoca Brands SoundMint says that its NFTs are musical compositions derived from stems
News Mojo Music & Media acquires stakes in catalogs of Bob Morrison and Jerry Reed Mojo acquires 50% interest in the publishing catalog of Bob Morrison, and the writer share, artist and record royalties of Jerry Reed
News Live Nation launches in the Philippines, acquires promoter Music Management International Rhiza Pascua appointed Managing Director Live Nation Philippines
News From Cinq Music raising $100m to Midem’s return in 2023 : It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News AI-powered music creation platform Soundful raises $3.8m funding round Platforms tracks are fully licensed for use in videos, advertisements and social media campaigns
News Former file-sharing platform LimeWire raises $10.4m in private token sale to grow its NFT marketplace Investment came from DAO Jones ( includingSteve Aoki) and Deadmau5’s fund 720Mau5
News Ankur Patel named Chief Business Officer at Venice Music Patel joins Venice from the music tech company Splice
Analysis Blog Why Ed Sheeran’s copyright victory matters – by the lawyers that represented him. The following op/ed comes from Simon Goodbody and Mark Krais, Partner and co-founding Partner at Bray & Krais Solicitors
News Bob Roback stepping down as CEO of Ingrooves Music Group after 7 years Roback has led Ingrooves through significant revenue growth, as well as global expansion
News Universal Music Publishing Group inks global admin deal with Spanish-language TV network Univision Univision is the largest provider of Spanish-language TV content in the US