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
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