News Spotify’s Director, Global Head of International Licensing exits, joins YouTube Music as Managing Director, APAC Veteran music executive Paul Smith joins YouTube Music
Analysis News Why are major music companies using other people’s money to buy copyrights? MBW founder Tim Ingham responds to recent music biz goings-on in our Talking Trends podcast
News BMG: Broken Bow is Jason Aldean’s label home until at least 2030 BMG-owned Broken Bow Records has been Jason Aldean's record label home for nearly two decades.
News Molly McLachlan promoted to Executive Vice President of Global Marketing at 10K Projects McLachlan will oversee global marketing for the label and its group of artists
News ‘The two year wait for artists and fans is over,’ says Live Nation boss Michael Rapino, as firm posts $6.3bn revenues for 2021 Concert giant Live Nation Entertainment has published its financial results for Q4 (ended December 31) and full year 2021.
News Stef Pascual promoted to General Manager at Deviate Digital Pascual was previously Business Strategy Director
News BTS named Global Recording Artist of the Year by IFPI for second straight year BTS first entered the IFPI Global Artist Chart in 2018, entering at No.2
News Spirit Music Group buys Jason Aldean masters in $100m+ deal Spirit will own 90% of the catalog, as Aldean holds on to 10%, MBW understands
News Utopia acquires the UK’s Absolute Label Services Absolute will continue to service its existing customer base as part of Utopia
News Troy Carter’s Venice Music bolsters global streaming team with key hires in the UK and US Isobel Kelly and Jamal Jimoh also take on key roles in the company
News Reservoir strikes deal for stake in catalog of legendary hip-hop producer and songwriter Larry Smith Deal includes Smith’s collaborations with seminal rap group Whodini
News BlackRock teams with Warner to launch new $750m music-buying fund via Influence Media Deal comes three years after Warner launched Tempo Music with Providence Equity Partners
News Thought streaming exclusives were over? Think again. Middle Eastern mega-star Amr Diab signs exclusive multi-year licensing deal with Anghami
News Kabiru Bello promoted to VP of Global A&R, Warner Recorded Music and Head of Asylum Records Nordics Bello has worked at Warner Music Group since 2017
Analysis News HYBE, home of BTS, surpassed $1bn in revenues in 2021 – the year it acquired Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings HYBE spent $1 billion on Braun's company in April 2021, and has seen a 58% jump in annual revenues
News Now Sony Music gets clearance for $255m Som Livre acquisition in Brazil MBW confirms that Brazil's CADE has given the green light
News Roberto Andrade Dirak joins Warner Music Latina as Managing Director Company announces raft of senior promotions and hires
News Wise Music Group subsidiary G. Schirmer acquires catalog of film composer Franz Waxman Waxman is considered one of the most important film and concert composers of the 20th century