News Massarsky Consulting, which valued music assets worth over $6.5 billion last year, has been acquired by Citrin Cooperman Barry Massarsky founded Massarsky Consulting in 1992 – now he and Nari Matsuura are joining Citrin Cooperman
News Ari Gelaw named Vice President, Creative at Sony Music Publishing Gelaw will be responsible for advancing songwriter development across Sony Music Publishing’s US roster
News Pharrell Williams, Justin Timberlake join $620m investment round in online security firm 1Password Series C round raises the company’s valuation to $6.8bn
Interviews With 11bn streams to date and annual revenues of $17m, Global Records is one of the CEE region’s biggest hits… Head of Label Diana Munteanu on opportunities in Russia, and expansion into Western Europe
News Lindsay Wagner joins UTA as Chief Diversity Officer Exec to drive the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
News Utopia acquires the UK’s Proper Music Group, launches Distribution Services unit Fast-growing music tech company acquires again
News Hipgnosis and Blackstone acquire 80% of Kenny Chesney’s recorded music royalties Country superstar inks deal that also covers his neighboring rights and SoundExchange royalties
Analysis News Netflix raises prices in the US (again). Will Spotify refuse to follow (again)? Netflix has raised its prices six times since 2014. Spotify has not kept up.
News Sync licensing company Cuesongs joins forces with Big Sync Music Two Songtradr-owned companies to join under Big Sync Music name
News Spotify is still king of global streaming subscription – but it’s losing market share New stats from Midia show that Spotify had a 31% share of the subscription market at the end of Q2 2021
News Priscilla Kotey promoted to SVP at Warner Music Ireland Kotey has been part of Warner Music Ireland since 2008
News Why Sir Lucian Grainge got paid what he got paid in 2021 (and why it’s okay to be jealous of it) MBW founder Tim Ingham talks through Sir Lucian Grainge's on-time windfall in 2021 – and why he deserved it
News Now iHeartMedia plans to expand into the Metaverse iHeart plans to create events and experiences on Roblox
News Lanre Gaba promoted to Co-President, Black Music for Atlantic Records Executive celebrates her 20th anniversary with the label this year
News Stephane Rougeot named CFO and Deputy CEO of Deezer Appointment follows the arrival of Jeronimo Folgueira as CEO of Deezer in May 2021
Analysis News Microsoft’s $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard shows that content is merely Big Tech’s edible plaything. MBW Reacts: Our team's music biz-centric take on huge news for the world of video games
News British rock band CRAWLERS sign to Polydor Records CRAWLERS have clocked up over 21 million streams on Spotify
News Jennifer Kirell promoted to SVP, Catalog & Retail Marketing at AWAL Prior to joining AWAL, Kirell spent 11 years with Sony Music Entertainment at Legacy Recordings