News Rich Christina’s role at Warner Chappell expanded to Senior Vice President, A&R and Venture Partners Christina’s oversight will include recently announced venture with Tim & Danny Music (Sam Smith)
News Rita Ora partners with BMG for new recordings The partnership will see Ora own all her future master recordings, says BMG
News Independent West African publisher AMG/MaDigital joins IMPEL AMG/MaDigital has signed more than 800 writers since its formation
News Spotify rival Anghami gets approval to list on NASDAQ Anghami has more than 75 million registered users
Analysis News Spotify added 3m new creators to its platform last year… and 4 other things we learned from the firm’s Q4 earnings call. The Spotify founder gave some revelatory comments on Spotify's earnings call – especially around the creator economy
News Steve Oberman named Executive Vice President and Head of Music at See Tickets North America Steve Oberman promoted to Executive Vice President and Head of Music
News Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s Silk Sonic join Fortnite in partnership with Atlantic Records The launch includes in-game outfits for players, an in-game radio station, and a player tournament
News Utopia acquires Sentric Music Group, launches new Royalty Management Services unit New Royalty Management Services business unit will be led by Sentric’s current CEO, Chris Meehan
News Stem, which has paid out $180m in royalties as of 2021, bolsters Artist & Label Strategy Team Seth Faber promoted to VP of Artist & Label Strategy; Vivian Yohannes joins as Director of Artist & Label Strategy, Hip Hop and R&B
Analysis Blog The gamification of the music industry has just begun. 'The worlds of music, video games, AV and the blockchain are becoming irreversibly entwined,' suggests Ran Geffen
Analysis Blog Shy of retiring: when artists really need to be told to stop making albums The latest column from long-time music industry journalist, Eamonn Forde
News Petra Kauraisa named Executive Director of European Music Managers Alliance German music managers association also joins EMMA
Analysis News Music piracy has plummeted in the past 5 years. But in 2021, it slowly started growing again. New stats from MUSO offer food for thought for the global music business
Interviews ‘People have asked, Can you write a hit? Answer: no. I mean obviously I can, but not because I’ve tried to.’ MBW profiles Patrick Leonard, who's written with Madonna and Leonard Cohen, for our World's Greatest Songwriters series
News Sony Music launches ‘Sony Entertainment Talent Ventures India’ JV with Sony Pictures Talent represented by SETVI will also benefit from opportunities across the wider Sony Group, such as Sony PlayStation and Sony Electronics
News Spotify subscriptions grew to 180m in 2021, Monthly Active Users topped 406m Spotify published its financial results for Q4 2021 today (February 2)
News David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash all request their labels remove their recordings from Spotify David Crosby, alongside Graham Nash and Stephen Stills, have issued a statement to media confirming that they have "requested that their labels remove their collective recordings from Spotify"
News Downtown appoints VP International Legal & Business Affairs and Director of Legal and Business Affairs Claire Jacobs named VP of International Legal & Business Affairs, Amber Charania upped to Director of Legal & Business Affairs