News A new firm just raised over $100m to buy film and TV music rights – and it’s already made its first big acquisition Catalog includes the film and TV music scores for Fantastic Beasts, the Hunger Games Trilogy, The Dark Knight, Maleficent and more
Analysis Blog Artists should take a principled stance against Spotify for songwriters The following MBW Op/ed comes from David Israelite, the President and CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association
News Elliot Grainge acquires Homemade Projects label, founders Zach Friedman and Tony Talamo named Co-Presidents of 10K Projects The Elliot Grainge-founded company has also acquired the Homemade Projects label
News Roberto Razzini joins Sony Music Publishing as Managing Director, Italy Razzini will be responsible for overseeing Sony Music Publishing Italy’s operations
News Ex-Spotify CFO Barry McCarthy named new Peloton CEO, as firm cuts 2,800 jobs in ‘restructuring program’ Former Spotify CFO steps in as Peloton co-founder steps down
News Carly Mann named Executive Vice President, Marketing, at Three Six Zero Mann joined Three Six Zero in 2015 as part of Calvin Harris’s management team
News Spotify says it can’t pay songwriters better royalty rates. It’s also spending $320 million on a Barcelona sponsorship deal. Agreement with Spanish soccer giants expected to be announced this week
Analysis News Confirmed: The 3 major music companies jointly generated over $20bn last year (that’s over $2m per hour) MBW crunches the 2021 numbers, and discovers a banner year for music's biggest players
News Alice In Chains members Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez and William Duvall sell rights to Round Hill Music Catalog comprises 94 compositions and 159 recordings
Interviews ‘The indie versus major notion is outdated in the digital age.’ MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Marie-Anne Robert, Managing Director of Sony Music Entertainment France
News Warner Music Group generated nearly $1bn from streaming last quarter WMG has published its quarterly results (for fiscal Q1 2022, but calendar Q4 2021)
News Alex Branson joins Beatport as Senior Vice President of Music Services Branson will be based in London
News LaTrice Burnette appointed Executive Vice President, Def Jam Recordings / President, 4TH & Broadway Burnette to bring the 4TH & Broadway label from Island to Def Jam Recordings
News Warner Chappell: Spotify, Google and Amazon are paying songwriters an ‘appallingly low’ rate in the US Warner Chappell's co-chairs slam streaming pay rate for songwriters
News Irving Azoff’s Global Music Rights and commercial radio body settle long-running legal dispute Deal reached includes a majority of commercial radio stations entering long-term licenses with GMR
News Primary Wave buys music rights from estates of Layne Staley and Mike Starr of Alice In Chains Publisher to buy stake in Layne Staley’s and Mike Starr’s music publishing catalog, as well as master royalty income stream
News Allegra Willis Knerr promoted to lead BMG Global Synch Licensing Exec previously served as Los Angeles-based SVP, Synch Licensing
News Apple Music cuts free trial for new subscribers from three months to one Six month free trial still offered for customers who purchase eligible audio hardware