News Spotify acquires two podcast firms, Podsights and Chartable Podsights is a podcast advertising measurement service, and Chartable is a podcast analytics platform
News Barry McKee, Warner Chappell Music UK’s Head of Administration, passes away, aged 59 McKee had worked at WCM for more than 30 years
News Peloton releases video game ‘Lanebreak’, with Warner Music Group as a launch partner The first artist themed levels to launch on Lanebreak are two Warner-distributed artists: David Bowie and David Guetta.
News Avex USA and Sony Music Publishing strike global administration deal SMP will provide worldwide administration services (ex. Japan) to Avex USA’s catalog and roster
News Jhared ‘Jae’ Brown joins Island Records as Vice President, A&R Brown comes to Island after two years at indie label Rostrum Records
News Sweden’s Pophouse is investing in music rights, as it adds Airbnb and EQT execs to its board Powell is currently the Global Head of Hosting at Airbnb, while Alexandra Lutz is partner at investment firm EQT
News Sony Music Publishing has a new head of US A&R: Walter Jones joins firm in EVP role Jones was most recently Co-Head of A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group
News Universal partners with Marc Geiger-backed NFT platform Curio to develop NFTs for its global artists and labels UMG becomes the first major music company to collaborate with Curio
News Riptide Music CEO Keatly Haldeman exits, launches Web3 music sync licensing platform, Dequency Firm has already raised $4.5m through an investment round led by Borderless Capital
News Jeremy Vuernick promoted to President of A&R at Capitol Music Group Vuernick will lead the company’s A&R team and sign and develop artists for the company
News BMG acquires music interests of blues icon John Lee Hooker The acquisition is the latest in a string of recent deals completed by BMG to acquire rights from superstar musicians
News After partnering with Universal, Aerosmith strike global brand management deal with Epic Rights Universal's merchandising arm Bravado fully acquired Los Angeles-based Epic Rights for an undisclosed sum in 2019
News Kid Cudi co-founded AR music app Encore launches with $9m in funding Funding round was led by Battery Ventures
News Thando Makhunga appointed Managing Director of Downtown subsidiary Sheer Publishing Africa Sheer was acquired by Downtown Music Holdings in 2020
Analysis News Why Country music could be 2022’s big story in the catalog acquisition space Round Hill's Josh Gruss joins MBW's Tim Ingham to talk country, and the growth in the genre's value
Analysis News YouTube is making close to $100m from advertising revenues every day YouTube generated over $28 billion across the course of 2021
News Snoop Dogg sells over $44m worth of ‘Stash Box’ NFTs in just five days News follows the hip hop legend's acquisition of the Death Row Records brand from MNRK Music Group
Interviews ‘Being a good producer is having the ability to adapt to the environment or the people that you’re with.’ Grammy-nominated producer, Carter Lang, discusses what goes into a successful studio session, lessons learned across his career, and much more besides.