News Marcia Titley named Managing Director at EVENTIM Sweden Titley will continue as Managing Director of EVENTIM Norway, adding EVENTIM Sweden to her current role
News Naras Eechambadi and Alexandra Hinkle join Universal in global e-commerce and direct-to-consumer roles UMG says that the newly created roles will advance its global e-commerce and direct-to-consumer strategy
News Kane Brown’s Be Like That ft. Swae Lee and Khalid was the most listened to Country song in the US in the past year (according to the NMPA Gold & Platinum Program, based on RIAA certifications) Be Like That was the most listened to Country song in the past year according to RIAA certifications
Interviews For a fund with over $1bn to spend on music rights, Tempo is rather quiet. It likes things that way. Tempo CEO Josh Empson explains his Providence-owned fund's strategy in the music business
News Joyner Lucas, Nas join $55m funding round in 3LAU’s blockchain-based music investment platform Royal Platform aims to enable fractional music ownership through its own version of NFTs
News NFT platform Unblocked to release Cypress Hill digital collectables in partnership with Primary Wave Unblocked investors include Shawn Mendes, music manager Andrew Gertler and more
News Sony Music buys $100m of shares in NetEase’s music service; Chinese platform’s IPO set for December 2 Sony Music named as Cornerstone Investor ahead of IPO
News Synchtank raises $5.8m in Series A funding round led by Octopus Ventures Latest investment brings firm's total raised in the past year to $6.6m
News Aaron Bogucki promoted to Global Head of Audience Development at AWAL AWAL launches newly structured global team who will specialize in identifying, targeting and engaging artists’ audiences around the world
Analysis News Why the ’80/20 rule’ will be crucial to Hipgnosis’ mission to buy billions of dollars of music catalogs in 2022 and beyond Hipgnosis has over $2.5 billion of deals in the pipeline. The question of who's going to pay for them requires a complex but important answer.
News Voice and music recognition firm SoundHound to list on NASDAQ with $2.1bn valuation via SPAC merger Firm has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners Co
News Josh Van Valkenburg promoted to Executive Vice President, Creative, at Sony Music Publishing Nashville Van Valkenburg's signings have garnered over 70 No. 1 hits on Country radio
News Levantine Music joins independent licensing agency IMPEL Los Angeles-based publisher is focused on music from the MENA region
News AI-powered music platform Aimi raises $20m in Series B funding round Platform uses Artificial Intelligence to play an 'endless' stream of music created by DJs and producers
News Vevo Artists to Watch 2022: CHiiild, Jawny, Nija, Clinton Kane MBW presents four more artists from the Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch 2022 list
News From Elton John not selling his catalog to TIDAL’s user-centric payments – It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The music industry's biggest few stories from the past week, and why they matter
News ABBA’s first new studio album in 40 years sold in excess of 1m combined album units globally in its first week Voyage also debuted at No.1 on album charts in 18 countries
News Saban Music Group caps 2021 with Don Omar hit at US Latin radio Gustavo López tells MBW that collaboration with Nio García is "picture perfect"