News Reservoir extends deal with Grammy-nominated songwriter Ali Tamposi Tamposi has been represented by the Company since 2017
News Warner joins $14m funding round in AI music startup LifeScore, founded by Siri co-inventor Tom Gruber Total funds raised by the company hits £12m ($15.7m)
News Hipgnosis buys Leonard Cohen catalog via Blackstone-backed fund Hipgnosis acquires writer's share in earlier catalog, plus publisher's share in later songs
News Ukraine: Major music companies donate to humanitarian orgs, as Spotify shuts Russia office All three majors have made donations to organizations focusing on the people of Ukraine
Analysis News From Universal’s $10bn revenues to Epic Games’ Bandcamp buyout: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter
News iHeartMedia’s Lisa Worden to be honored as ‘International Music Person of The Year’ at MUSEXPO Creative Summit 2022 Event set to return with its first in-person edition since 2019
News Christine Pepe named VP, Business and Legal Affairs, at Utopia Pepe joins Utopia from NBCUniversal
Analysis News Universal Music Group spent $459m on catalog acquisitions last year… less than half what it spent in 2020 New investor presentation reveals interesting numbers and facts around UMG's acquisition strategy
Analysis News Universal Music Group surpassed $10 billion in revenues last year. It’s now double the size it was a decade ago. UMG's adjusted annual EBITDA topped $2 billion last year, according to MBW's calcuations
News Germany’s record business generated $2bn for second straight year in 2021 BVMI reports that the German market's revenues from physical music sales and streaming generated a total of 1.96 billion euros (approximately $2.25bn), an increase of 10% year-over-year compared to 2020.
News Dolly Parton to launch the ‘Dollyverse’, a Web3 experience offering ‘limited-edition NFTs’ The Dollyverse project says it will release an 'exclusive selection of official and certified Dolly NFT collectibles'
News Sean Goulding joins One Fiinix Live agency, set up by Ed Sheeran agent Jon Ollier Goulding joins One Fiinix Live from the London offices of The Agency Group/United Talent Agency
News David Goldsen promoted to Head of A&R, Australia and Vice President, Creative, at Warner Chappell Music Goldsen manages Tones and I, Cavetown, Nathaniel Rateliff and more
News Universal named as launch partner for new Billboard ChartStars NFT project ChartStars will be a collection of artist-focused digital artwork
News YMU launches new record label, AmperSounds, headed up by Alistair White AmperSounds has already named several signings to
News Universal expands Capitol Records into China, led by General Manager Tom Tang UMG has also launched a new standalone International division in the market
News Bandcamp acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games Bandcamp will continue to operate as a standalone marketplace
News Rebecca ‘Dimplez’ Ijeoma named SVP of Digital Marketing & Content Development at Capitol Music Group Ijeoma goes to CMG after four years as head of her own marketing agency, IJEOMA