News Riptide Music CEO Keatly Haldeman exits, launches Web3 music sync licensing platform, Dequency Firm has already raised $4.5m through an investment round led by Borderless Capital
News Jeremy Vuernick promoted to President of A&R at Capitol Music Group Vuernick will lead the company’s A&R team and sign and develop artists for the company
News BMG acquires music interests of blues icon John Lee Hooker The acquisition is the latest in a string of recent deals completed by BMG to acquire rights from superstar musicians
News After partnering with Universal, Aerosmith strike global brand management deal with Epic Rights Universal's merchandising arm Bravado fully acquired Los Angeles-based Epic Rights for an undisclosed sum in 2019
News Kid Cudi co-founded AR music app Encore launches with $9m in funding Funding round was led by Battery Ventures
News Thando Makhunga appointed Managing Director of Downtown subsidiary Sheer Publishing Africa Sheer was acquired by Downtown Music Holdings in 2020
Analysis News Why Country music could be 2022’s big story in the catalog acquisition space Round Hill's Josh Gruss joins MBW's Tim Ingham to talk country, and the growth in the genre's value
Analysis News YouTube is making close to $100m from advertising revenues every day YouTube generated over $28 billion across the course of 2021
News Snoop Dogg sells over $44m worth of ‘Stash Box’ NFTs in just five days News follows the hip hop legend's acquisition of the Death Row Records brand from MNRK Music Group
Interviews ‘Being a good producer is having the ability to adapt to the environment or the people that you’re with.’ Grammy-nominated producer, Carter Lang, discusses what goes into a successful studio session, lessons learned across his career, and much more besides.
News Round Hill’s UK fund has acquired 5,600 songs since July, paying an average multiple of 17.9x Fresh information revealed in London Stock Exchange-traded fund's new filing
News Warner Music boss Steve Cooper: ‘The emergence of Web3 is going to further amplify the importance of music labels and publishers.’ Warner Music Group CEO Steve Cooper commented on Web3 on the firm's recent earnings call
News Samantha Tzovolos appointed Managing Director at Eventim Live Asia Mike Galt also appointed Senior Vice President of Touring for Asia
News Sharon Timure promoted to SVP, Head of Marketing, at Island Records Timure joined Island as a college intern, and has been with UMG for over 15 years
News Applications reopen for The Richard Antwi Scholarship in London Scholarship is funded by all three UK major record labels
Analysis News SoundCloud’s annual revenues topped $218m in 2020 – and it’s been making bold moves ever since MBW gets our hands on SoundCloud's results from 2020, and they reveal a 31% annual rise in revenues
News Jon Glass and Alasdair McMullan join SoundExchange Board of Directors Glass and McMullan will lend business development expertise and legal acumen to the organization
News Spotify and Amazon each considering takeover bids for UK podcast firm Audioboom (report) Audioboom's shows are downloaded more than 116m times each month