News Warner Music Group suspends operations in Russia All three major record companies have now suspended their operations in Russia
News Sony Music Group suspends operations in Russia 'Sony Music Group calls for peace in Ukraine and an end to the violence.'
News Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall inks worldwide solo record deal with RCA; Full Stop in for global management New album is planned from Thirlwall, a founding member of Little Mix
News Electronic music NFT Platform RCRDSHP says it’s paid out $600,000 to artists in 6 months 382,000 collectibles created by RCRDSHP also sold at accessible price points, claims RCRDSHP
News Iceland’s neighbouring rights collective SFH signs five-year deal with music licensing company PPL Deal will see PPL support SFH with the distribution of royalties to performers and recording rightsholders based outside of Iceland
News Brandon Becker promoted to Global Head of Streaming at Beggars Group Becker's promotion is part of a wider raft of new hires and promotions at the company
News Downtown launches $200m fund to invest in independent artists and entrepreneurs Fund is supported by a new credit facility with Bank of America
Analysis Blog We’ve come a long way together, and it’s just the beginning… Mitch Glazier, CEO and Chairman of the RIAA, writes an exclusive op/ed for Music Business Worldwide on 2021's figures
Analysis News With $15bn in revenue, 2021 was the US record industry’s biggest EVER year (kind of…) MBW reveals historic numbers for the US market last year (although you should really factor in inflation)
News TikTok just launched its own music distribution platform, SoundOn SoundOn can distribute music to other music platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and Instagram
News Quincy-Jones backed OneOf strikes exclusive partnership with Christopher Wallace estate to release Notorious B.I.G. NFTs A portion of the proceeds of the NFTs will go to The Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation, Inc.
News Kobalt just raised $550 million in debt to buy music catalog rights JPMorgan Chase & Co. and HPS Investment Partners are funding debt, reports Bloomberg
News Indian superstar Diljit Dosanjh inks deal with Warner Music News marks Dosanjh's first deal with a major record company
Analysis News BMI hires Goldman Sachs to ‘explore strategic opportunities’. Could it end up selling? Other possibilities might include expanding into sync, or even acquiring rights
News Universal Music Group suspends all operations in Russia 'Effective immediately, we are suspending all operations in Russia and closing our offices there,' says UMG
Analysis Blog Why music companies should stop using vague stats Eamonn Forde explores the rise of 'vaguestats' in the music business
News Iain Watt joins NFT platform Serenade’s Advisory Board as Chairman Serenade has also announced a number of new investors
Analysis News Spotify just patented its own A&R technology to predict breaking artists. Should labels be concerned? Daniel Ek's company suggests it could ink "recording deals" with on-the-rise artists... and spot them sooner than record companies