News Kabiru Bello promoted to VP of Global A&R, Warner Recorded Music and Head of Asylum Records Nordics Bello has worked at Warner Music Group since 2017
Analysis News HYBE, home of BTS, surpassed $1bn in revenues in 2021 – the year it acquired Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings HYBE spent $1 billion on Braun's company in April 2021, and has seen a 58% jump in annual revenues
News Now Sony Music gets clearance for $255m Som Livre acquisition in Brazil MBW confirms that Brazil's CADE has given the green light
News Roberto Andrade Dirak joins Warner Music Latina as Managing Director Company announces raft of senior promotions and hires
News Wise Music Group subsidiary G. Schirmer acquires catalog of film composer Franz Waxman Waxman is considered one of the most important film and concert composers of the 20th century
News Endurance Music Group buys catalog of songs by Jimmie Allen, Ash Bowers EMG is the music publishing and music rights acquisition platform of investment manager, Raven & Company.
News Beatport acquires music industry technology company ampsuite Platform launches suite of professional products for suppliers, artists and labels
News Warner strikes ‘first-of-its-kind’ deal with blockchain gaming developer Splinterlands WMG makes another move in the blockchain industry
News Downtown inks global music publishing deal with Alejandra Ghersi Rodriguez, aka Arca Arca has worked across multiple tracks on Kanye West’s Yeezus album, and produced/co-wrote on Bjork’s Vulnicara and Utopia albums
Analysis The major music companies are in a race to hire the best Web3 talent – before media’s biggest companies beat them to it Interesting developments at Universal, Sony, and Warner in recent weeks hint at the impact Web3 will have on music in the months ahead
News SoundCloud launches artist-signing JV with Coach K and P’s Solid Foundation Management Coach K and P have invested an undisclosed amount in SoundCloud
News Universal just hired this exec to drive forward its Web 3.0 business Richard Cusick joins the music company as Chief Product Officer, Global E-Commerce
News Alison Hook Promoted to SVP, Sampling & Copyright Infringement at Sony Music Publishing Hook's career at the company spans over 25 years
News Spotify’s $90 Car Thing device now on sale publicly in the US Car Thing is only available for Spotify Premium users
News Universal launches Def Jam India to support Indian & South Asian hip-hop talent New label division is dedicated to representing what UMG says is 'the best hip-hop and rap talent from the region'.
News Sandra Croft joins Downtown Music Services as Marketing Manager in the UK Chelsey Blow also named Client Services Coordinator at the company
News Warner strikes deal with sports music licensing company ClicknClear ClicknClear claims to be the world’s only specialist music rights tech and licensing company for performance sports