News FUGA expands in Germany with new Berlin office Curt Keplin has been promoted to Head of Business Development GSA
News Sonya McKinley named Director, Production & Metadata at Round Hill Records McKinley will oversee all aspects of product operations and metadata management within Round Hill’s portfolio of labels
News Marc Geiger’s SaveLive has raised $135m from investors including Shamrock Capital Investors include Breyer Capital, Deep Field Asset Management, Raptor Group, and Shamrock Capital
News Sony Music’s Global Podcast Division partners with broadcasters Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo Sony Music makes another move in the podcast space
News Rob Wells-led music tech startup ORFIUM acquires Japan-based content company Breaker INC Breaker's board of directors includes Shigeo Maruyama, ex-CEO of Sony Music Japan
News As vinyl sales soar, European pressing plant Record Industry and Bertus Distribution join forces The combined entity says that its pressing capacity will be "practically doubled" to around 25 million units per year
News Concord turned down a buyout offer of $5 billion, suggest Bloomberg sources Concord is majority owned by Michigan Retirement Systems
Interviews ‘We’ve never sat there and slagged off a competitor. If you get to that stage, you’ve lost it already.’ Caroline Elleray and Mark Gale made their name as A&R extraordinaires working with artists like Coldplay and Little Simz at Universal Music Publishing. Now the married couple are launching their own venture, Second Songs.
News Capitol Records UK launches dance label, Lift Me Up Records Label launched in partnership with Belfast DJ and A&R Connor Coates
News Nuno Guerreiro promoted to Chief Technology Officer at Kobalt The company’s previous CTO, Rian Liebenberg, is stepping down
News From Universal’s unrecouped balance program to BMG’s $784m revenues: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News Red Hot Chili Peppers receive Star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame Merck Mercuriadis, who acquired the band's song catalog last year at Hipgnosis, pays tribute
News Confirmed: Universal IS disregarding unrecouped balances for heritage artists UMG launches 'worldwide goodwill program for certain legacy featured recording artists and songwriters'
Analysis News BMG’s annual revenues grew 10.1% to $784m in 2021 Bertelsmann confirms music company's latest annual fiscal numbers
News Capitol Records strikes partnership with Top Dawg Entertainment, signs breakout artist Doechii Signing comes three months after Michelle Jubelirer took on the role Capitol Music Group Chair & CEO
News Dani Sawyerr promoted to Director of A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group UK Sawyerr joined UMPG in January 2013, and previously served as A&R Manager
News Partisan Records launches publishing division Left Music, headed up by Craig Michie Company has also signed a global administration agreement with Sony Music Publishing UK.