News Universal strikes branding alliance with Malaysia’s Johor Darul Ta’zim Football Club… starting with a new song from Snoop Dogg and Joe Flizzow New track forms part of JDTFC’s wider global branding strategy, developed in partnership with UM SEA.
News Believe generated $682m in annual revenues last year, up 30.7% YoY New results announced by Paris-headquartered company
News Spotify joins recruitment drive for Web3 experts Successful applicant for new advertised role must be able 'to design and build interactive digital prototypes to bring concepts to life'.
News IFPI opens Southeast Asia regional office in Singapore Simon Seow has been appointed to the newly created role of IFPI Regional Director, Southeast Asia
Analysis News Tempo Music’s catalog is up for sale – and we expect it to go for more than $500 million Tempo was founded by Providence in partnership with Warner Music Group in 2019
Interviews ‘Never change what you’re doing, for anybody.’ Grammy-nominated producer Murda Beatz discusses success, "studio rats" and his plans to become a global brand
News Metaverse platform Oorbit raises $5m. Names Mark Cuban and deadmau5 as investors Participants in the round include Investor and reality TV 'Shark' Mark Cuban, deadmau5 and HOF Capital
News Round Hill buys music rights from Herman Rarebell, original drummer in The Scorpions The Scorpions are estimated to have sold over 100 million records globally
News Jo Charrington named Co-President of EMI Records, teaming up with Rebecca Allen to run Universal’s biggest UK label Charrington signed and developed the likes of Sam Smith and 5SOS at Capitol
News Music’s next big-money buyout will be the Middle East’s Qanawat Music, sources tell MBW Qanawat Music operates as a music distributor across the Middle East and North Africa
Analysis News Spotify is paying $310m to Barcelona for a sponsorship. According to our calculations, that’s more than it’s ever paid an artist in royalties. Spotify announced its big deal yesterday. It's worth 89.08 billion streams.
News Universal’s Virgin Music strikes global partnership with Australia’s Mushroom Group Mushroom appoints Korda Marshall as International Director to co-lead the partnership with Mushroom Label and Publishing’s COO Chris Maund
News Ross Greening upped to SVP, European Regional Administration and Global Copyright/Society Relations, at UMPG Greening previously held the role of Vice President, Regional European Administration
News Tra’Von Williams joins Joie Manda’s Encore Recordings as VP and Head of Streaming Encore was launched in November 2021 by music industry veteran Joie Manda
News Catrin Drabble promoted to CFO at Kobalt, as Tom Sansone steps down Drabble joined Kobalt in 2017
News Trends and analytics platform P-MRC Data changes name to Luminate Luminate powers the Billboard charts
News PULSE Music Group forms publishing JV with Grammy-winning songwriter Starrah Starrah will sign and develop her own roster of artists, writers and producers
News Sony Music’s $430m acquisition of AWAL officially cleared by UK competition watchdog “Having carefully assessed the merger we found that it is not likely to affect competition in a way that will reduce the choice or quality of recorded music available or increase prices.”