News Mathew Knowles joins teaching staff at London music college LCCM – and there’s a full scholarship named after him, too. US music executive joins LCCM as a visiting lecturer
News HIFI closes eight-figure funding round with backing from Quincy Jones, Coran Capshaw, Diplo, 3LAU and more Michelle Jubelirer, Ron Laffitte, Gee Roberson, Tom Windish and many others also joined the round
Analysis News France’s recorded music industry topped $1bn in 2021 Results were published today (March 15) by French trade body SNEP
News TikTok’s partner for its new SoundOn distribution service is… TuneCore TikTok confirms that Believe's service has been signed up
Analysis News Is this the real reason Epic Games acquired Bandcamp? (Clue: It’s got nothing to do with the metaverse.) Did shock acquisition have more to do with Big Tech commission rates than it did virtual worlds?
News Jonathan Abon and Jordan Gremli join Utopia Music in VP Product roles Jordan Gremli has also been hired as VP Product, Creator Services, at the Switzerland-based company
News Ray Alba and Nathan Sheppard named Senior Vice Presidents of Marketing at Capitol Records Alba and Sheppard will co-lead the label’s marketing department
News Reservoir inks global publishing deal with Grammy-winning artist Killer Mike of Run The Jewels Atlanta-born Killer Mike has released four studio albums alongside his Run The Jewels partner, EL-P
News Aton Ben-Horin promoted to Executive Vice President, Global A&R for Atlantic Records Group Exec also inks publishing partnership with Warner Chappell Music
News Web3 brand Autograph partners with AEG Presents for live entertainment NFTs Autograph was co-founded by American football star Tom Brady
News Dan Miller promoted to Director of Client Services at Downtown Music Services David Labovitch also promoted to Content Operations Manager at the company
Analysis News Sony spent an average of $91m on music catalog acquisitions every month over the past 10 months Stat was recently revealed on an investor presentation by Sony Corp's Hiroki Totoki
News After taking its Electric Daisy Carnival to Roblox, Insomniac partners with Epic Games rival Unity to build metaverse world for virtual concerts Companies plan to build a 'new, persistent metaverse world' where fans can watch virtual concerts
Analysis Every 2 hours, the major music companies now jointly generate more than $5 million MBW crunches last year's fiscal numbers... and finds the majors piled on $4 billion in annual revenue
News BTS Permission to Dance on Stage – Seoul concert broadcast generated $32.6m Film was released in 3,711 cinemas in 75 countries
Interviews Meet Italy’s Rude Records, the $4.6m-valued indie label aiming for an IPO by 2025 Label President Ilich Rausa discusses fund raising and expansion plans
News Sony Music buys minority stake in Walter Kolm’s WK Records Sony previously acquired a 50% stake in Kolm's separate management company
News Markku Lonnqvist named Chief Investment Officer at Hipgnosis Song Management Hipgnosis Song Management is the investment advisor to two Hipgnosis-branded funds: the UK-listed Hipgnosis Songs Fund, and the Blackstone-backed private fund, Hipgnosis Songs Capital