News Kobalt founder Willard Ahdritz invests in $200m fund set up to back African tech start-ups The fund's founding parter is Niklas Adalberth’s non-profit Norrsken Foundation
News Quincy Jones-backed NFT platform OneOf strikes partnership with Warner Music Group OneOf raised $63 million in a seed round in May 2021
News Primary Wave acquires stakes in Def Leppard’s music publishing catalog and master royalty income stream Relationship between Primary Wave and Def Leppard began in 2009
News Sony Music Publishing launches global ‘Songwriter Assistance’ wellness program Songwriter Assistance will offer 24/7 counseling support via global hotlines
News Various Artists Management ramps up presence in the US with new Los Angeles base The company has had a presence in the USA since 2016
News Warner Chappell inks sub-publishing deal with estate of legendary Belgian singer Jacques Brel Brel’s music career spanned more than two decades
News Daniel Ek responds to Neil Young’s Joe Rogan protest – but Spotify won’t delete controversial podcast episode Open letter from Daniel Ek commits to launching new content advisories
Analysis News Like Neil Young, David Crosby wants to remove his music catalog from Spotify. Trouble is, he’s lost control of it. Why David Crosby's story over the past two years tells us much about streaming, the current catalog frenzy, and acting on principle
News Now Joni Mitchell pulls classic albums from Spotify: ‘I stand with Neil Young.’ Blue, Court And Spark and other classic albums have been pulled from Spotify
News From Sony buying Bob Dylan’s catalog to Warner buying land in the metaverse: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter
Analysis News Neil Young’s Spotify exodus is a test case for artists who dare question music industry dogma. Crack by crack, Neil Young's protest could cause an earthquake at the center of Spotify's business
News Murda Beatz and Bryson Tiller sell song catalogs to Canada’s Kilometre Music Group Murda Beatz catalog comprises 285 songs, Bryson Tiller’s catalog features 78 songs
News 300 Entertainment launches content and film division, 300 Studios 300 Studios will develop multi-format, feature, and episodic content through a 'cultural point of view'
News Lucas Thomashow promoted to Senior Vice President at AVEX USA Thomashow will head overall strategy and operations at AVEX USA
Interviews News He helped establish Spotify in the US, before selling his startup to Twitter. Now Sachin Doshi wants to transform podcasting at Podimo. Sachin Doshi joins the MBW Podcast to talk Spotify, overcoming your fears – and the future of podcasting
News Spotify was hit by a strange outage today, with hits by Taylor Swift, Adele, Dua Lipa suddenly left unavailable to play MBW has confirmed with friends in the industry that the outage hit Spotify in both the US and the UK, as well as European territories such as Germany and France.
News Steve Aoki launches his own metaverse and NFT membership platform, the A0K1VERSE A0K1VERSE membership offers token holders exclusive access to both physical and digital opportunities
News HITCO-backed fan funding firm Corite raises $6.2m in private token sale ahead of blockchain platform launch Firm is preparing to launch the first version of the CO Fan Power blockchain platform in Q1 2022