News Taylor Testa promoted to Vice President, A&R, at Universal Music Publishing Group Testa works closely with many of UMPG’s writers and artists, including Zedd, Kid Harpoon and more
News Twitch launches The Collective, a livestreaming incubator program for artists Partners include Amazon Music, Discord, DistroKid, Rolling Stone, TuneCore, and UnitedMasters
Blog The Ubiquity Paradox: do far more of this but also do a lot less of that This column comes from Eamonn Forde, a long-time music industry journalist and the author of The Final Days of EMI: Selling the Pig, and Leaving The Building: The Lucrative Afterlife of Music Estates
News Tencent Music Entertainment revenues hit $1.2bn in Q3, up 3% YoY Tencent Music Entertainment Group has published its financial results for Q3 2021
News Rawan Al-Dabbas appointed MENA Regional Director at IFPI Al-Dabbas will lead IFPI’s work across the region
Interviews ‘The best songs come from a real experience.’ Grammy-nominated songwriter Henry discusses his creative process, selling catalogs and much more besides
News Live Nation faces multiple lawsuits following Astroworld tragedy, as stock tumbles 5% A number of lawsuits have been launched by firms representing injured festival goers
News Rachel Kelly joins Utopia Music as Vice President for Australia Exec will be in charge of setting up Utopia’s activities in Australia, New Zealand and other Australasian key territories
News FADER Label launches management division, makes raft of new appointments Roster includes shallou, James Ivy, Del Water Gap and more
News Live Nation ‘heartbroken for those lost and impacted’ at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival Lawsuits launched over tragedy at Travis Scott concert where eight attendees lost their lives and up to 300 others were injured
News Elvis Adidiema appointed Director of Sony Music French Speaking Africa He joins from music channel Trace TV
News Vevo Artists To Watch 2022: Mimi Webb, Arrdee, Lola Young, Ronisia, Sen Senra, Jessica Winter, Pip Millett, EST Gee Introducing the first batch of artists on Vevo's influential Artists To Watch 2022 list
News From Live Nation’s $2.7bn Q3 revenues to HYBE’s NFT joint venture: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News Singapore’s BandLab acquires DIY artist services platform ReverbNation ReverbNation offers digital distribution, career management and online marketing tools for independent artists
News Deezer strikes long-term strategic partnership with German broadcaster RTL RTL+ customers will be able to access Deezer’s premium features and recommended content
News Live Nation revenues soar to $2.7bn in Q3, as boss Michael Rapino tells investors: ‘Live music roared back over the past quarter.’ Live Nation Entertainment has published its Q3 results for the three months ended September 30
News Warner Music launches Atlantic Records Benelux Sander Stijnen and Ixia Verdooren will head up the new label
News Get ready for BTS NFTs: HYBE to acquire $421m stake in crypto firm and launch collectables JV HYBE strikes partnership with Korean fintech firm Dunamu, which operates crypto exchange, Upbit