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
News From the United States’ $15bn revenue to Downtown’s $200m indie artist fund: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group buys bundle of rights from Nat King Cole estate Deal encompasses a broad range of rights from Cole’s career
News Now SoundExchange pulls out of Russia SoundExchange has terminated its agreement with the Russian Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS)
News Stephen White joins EMPIRE as Chief Product Officer White will oversee all data and technology at the company
Analysis News Kobalt and Downtown cut ties with Russia; Believe continues to operate in market but is ‘monitoring the situation very closely’ Will CISAC suspend Russian PRO from its global membership?
News Sarah Jones promoted to General Manager at Warner’s Songkick Songkick was acquired by Warner Music Group in 2017
News Alison Moore and Kelli Turner join Board of Directors at Downtown Music Holdings Alison Moore is CEO of Comic Relief USA, while Kelli Turner is CFO of Sun Capital Partners
News Jon Trumbull promoted to Head of Global Writer & Publisher Relations at Kobalt Trumbull will lead the global Writer & Publisher Relations team
News Media company A+E Networks acquires minority stake in Range Media Partners Deal includes a 'strategic minority investment' by A+E into Range Media Partners
News TuneCore strikes partnership with ByteDance-owned video platform Douyin Douyin is a sister app of TikTok for the Chinese market
Analysis Blog Why are hedge funds urging songwriters to sell their catalogs right now? Think about it. Randall Wixen explains his skepticism over Big Finance's keenness to buy music rights in 2022
Interviews Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, and songwriter and producer Niclas Molinder say they’ve invented the solution to the music industry’s ‘black box’. And it’s free. Björn Ulvaeus, Max Martin and Niclas Molinder founded Session to fix music's missing data problem.
Analysis News Spotify is no longer earning any money from Russia, as it de-monetizes ads and subscriptions in market (update) Spotify Chief Financial Officer Paul Vogel reveals news on the platform's position in Russia
News Warner Music Group suspends operations in Russia All three major record companies have now suspended their operations in Russia