News Neil Diamond sells complete song catalog and all master recordings to Universal Agreement encompasses hits such as Sweet Caroline, Red Red Wine, Solitary Man, Cracklin’ Rosie
News From HYBE’s $1bn revenues to Warner’s $750m BlackRock fund: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter
News David K. Dormon appointed General Counsel at Downtown Music Holdings He replaces Peter Rosenthal
News Sony Music Publishing enters partnership with Vertical Rights Vertical Rights is the publishing arm of Lateral Management, which operates out of London, Stockholm and Los Angeles
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