News Sentric expands into the US, hires Simon Perry as President and Head of A&R, North America Move marks publisher’s full entry into US market
News ADA Worldwide inks global deal with Grammy-nominated producer Murda Beatz Murda Beatz has worked on over 40 Platinum and multi-Platinum singles and over 25 Billboard No. 1 albums
News From BMG’s alliance with investment firm Pimco, to Sir Lucian Grainge’s 2022 message: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter
News PRO Agency inks global neighboring rights deal with Secretly Distribution Partnership originally began in 2019 and focused on rights management for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
News Round Hill Music buys catalog from White Snake’s David Coverdale, strikes deal with Nancy Wilson from Heart Coverdale deal includes hits like Here I Go Again and Crying in the Rain
News Pimco, one of the world’s biggest investment firms, turns its attention to music rights Pimco strikes alliance with BMG to jointly acquire song copyrights
News Amber Grimes joins LVRN as Executive Vice President/GM and Partner Grimes joins LVRN after three years at Capitol Records
News SiriusXM acquires music for business service Cloud Cover Media Cloud Cover Music's platform allows businesses to deliver create ad-free music for businesses
News Reservoir buys publishing catalog of Grammy-winning DJ, songwriter, and producer Fred Rister Deal includes several collaborations with David Guetta
News Janelle Curtis appointed Chief Enterprise Transformation Officer of Warner Music Group WMG says that she will spearhead the company’s "ongoing tech-enabled evolution" across its global corporate operations
News Ingrooves expands into The Philippines, names Guji Lorenzana as Country Manager for the market Company has also signed a deal with Philippines-based Curve Entertainment
News Merlin inks multi-year deal with music licensing platform Lickd Deal comes four months after Lickd secured £5.1m ($7m) in new funding
News Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s 2022 message to Universal Music Group’s workforce 'Universal Music truly is a category of one,' writes Sir Lucian Grainge
News Stockholm municipality saves ‘legendary’ ABBA recording studio, Baggpipe, from demolition For several years, the fate of the studio's future has been in limbo
News Former Shazam CEO Andrew Fisher named Chairperson of Epidemic Sound In March, Epidemic Sound completed a $450m funding round
News Primary Wave spends $60m on stakes in Paul Rodgers and America catalogs Primary Wave acquires again
News AmazeVR secures $15m funding for virtual concert tech that uses Unreal Engine-based visual effects Los Angeles-based company’s total raised is $30.8m
News Warner acquires Africa-based music distributor Africori WMG says that Africori will continue to operate as an independent company, with current CEO, Yoel Kenan, remaining in post