News A2IM CEO Dr. Richard James Burgess awarded MBE in Queen’s New Year’s Honours Dr. Burgess enters 2022 as an MBE honoree for his services to music
News Believe acquires 51% stake in French indie label Jo&Co Jo&Co founder, Sébastien Saussez, will continue managing the label
News Atlantic Records inks joint venture deal with Detroit’s Assemble Sound Atlantic to begin signing select artists to a jointly-operated Assemble Sound/Atlantic label
News Round Hill Royalty Fund acquires publishing rights from country singer/songwriter Niko Moon Deal includes songs performed by Zac Brown Band, Avicii, and Sir Rosevelt
News Symphonic Distribution raises $37m, having generated $12m in net revenue in 2021 Long-time investor Ballast joins with NewSpring to back Jorge Brea's Florida-headquartered company
News Warner buys David Bowie song catalog for $250m+ Allen Grubman said: “We are truly gratified that David Bowie’s body of music will now be in the capable hands of Warner Chappell Music Publishing."
News Sony Music boss Rob Stringer awarded CBE in Queen’s New Year’s Honours Stringer is one of a handful of music industry figures awarded in the Queen's New Year's Honours 2022
Analysis Sony Music: AWAL would have ‘struggled to maintain its position’ if we hadn’t bought it MBW has read Sony's 48-page submission to the CMA: Here's our summary
News US Judge recommends $80m+ in damages in case against stream-ripping services Case was brought by the RIAA and more than a dozen record labels including Universal, Warner and Sony
Interviews ‘My roots always lie in creating sounds and sonics from the ground up.’ The LA-based producer Tearce Kizzo talks about how jamming sessions in Stephen Colbert's dressing room inspired one of 2021's biggest albums
News SoundExchange royalties dispute with Music Choice to be referred to Copyright Royalty Board SoundExchange launched action against Music Choice in April 2019 to recover underpaid royalties
News Tempo Music acquires publishing rights from producers Stefan Forrest, Morten Ristorp and Morten Pilegaard Trio are best known for their work with Danish pop band Lukas Graham
News Music service Boomplay and Merlin expand licensing deal to 47 countries across Africa Boomplay has over 60m Monthly Active Users and a catalog of over 65m tracks
Interviews ‘It is a Herculean task, managing an artist in 2021.’ Matt Colon, Global President of Music at YM&U tells MBW about the firm's expansion plans, success with NFTs, and above all, the challenges of being an artist manager in 2021…
News CD Baby has paid out over $1bn to artists using its distribution platform More than a million artists worldwide have distributed music via the platform
News BMG and KKR announce first joint acquisition: The ‘entire music interests’ of ZZ Top MBW sources suggest the deal would have carried a significant eight-figure price-tag
Blog The power dynamic between music and tech has changed. We should be more bullish at the negotiating table. This MBW op/ed comes from Ran Geffen, founder of OMA XR content agency and the CEO of Amusica Song Management
News Four Tet vs. Domino: Artist adds breach of contract to legal claims in royalties lawsuit against label New developments in artist's streaming royalty case against indie label