News Labels awarded $83m in lawsuit against operator of stream-ripping sites Over 300m individuals in the US used the sites from October 2017 to May 2021
News Oz McGuire named VP of A&R and Business Development at Symphonic Distribution McGuire was most recently Director, Label and Artist Partnerships at Ingrooves
News Grammy-winning songwriter Jordan Reynolds sells catalog to Warner Chappell, launches brokerage to help other writers do the same thing Reynolds has written six No.1 songs across three genres
Interviews ‘Artists really have to see Web3 as more than just a glorified fan club for the 21st Century.’ RCRDSHP founder Obie Fernandez on the future of the NFT market and the potential impact that Web3 could have on the music industry...
News Warner Music Group launches Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Institute Institute to offer range of educational programming from third-party experts and an Innovation Lab for employees
Analysis News From Sting selling his song catalog to the majors generating $20bn last year: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter
News Kristina ‘Red’ Tanner promoted to Partner at Activist Artists Management Chris Ruff has also joined the company as Head of Global Marketing
News Music licensing company PPL reached a record $128m in international collections last year Since 2006 PPL has collected nearly £700m ($951m) of international revenue.
News Sony Music’s $430m buyout of AWAL provisionally cleared by UK competition watchdog UK’s Competition and Markets Authority gives provisional decision – and it's good news for Sony
News Tracklib strikes licensing deal with BANDAI NAMCO to bring anime music samples to producers BANDAI NAMCO is also an operator of the music label Lantis
News Reservoir has $3bn worth of deals in ‘pipeline’ and expects to spend $200m+ on M&A during first year as public firm Reservoir Media has published the financial results for its fiscal Q3 2022 (calendar Q4 2021), ended December 31, 2021
Analysis News Spotify’s valuation is half the size it was a year ago. Could a Big Tech titan make a shock acquisition bid? It couldn't really happen... could it?
News Nas and Lil Baby-backed metaverse firm Everyrealm closes $60m funding round led by Andreesen Horowitz The firm is led by CEO Janine Yorio
News Steven Moran named Chief Financial Officer at Songtradr Clare Nicholls named Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer
News Sting sells song catalog to Universal for $300m+ Sting has sold more than 100 million albums throughout his career
News Snoop Dogg acquires Death Row Records from MNRK Music Group 'I am thrilled and appreciative of the opportunity to acquire the iconic and culturally significant Death Row Records brand,' says Snoop Dogg
News Brandra Ringo named EVP of A&R at Quality Control Music, Wayno Clark joins as VP of A&R Detroit rapper Baby Money also signs with Quality Control
News Music funding platform beatBread raises $34m BeatBread offers advances ranging from $1,000 to $2 million per artist