News Primary Wave’s hot streak continues, as firm inks $20m catalog deal with Survivor’s Jim Peterik 'I’m thrilled to be with a company who is as passionate about music as I am,' says Peterik
News Music streaming service Audiomack launches ‘Supporters’ direct monetization feature, Warner named as first major label participant Audiomack reaches more than 20 million monthly users globally
News Spotify for Artists platform made available in 16 additional languages The platform is now available in Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, European French and more
News Warner Chappell forms Joint Venture with Glassnote’s Connection Music Publishing Connection Music Publishing was founded in early 2021 and is led by Jackie Post
News Live Nation buys 51% stake in OCESA, the world’s third biggest concert promoter, for $416m "As we continue to bring shows back around the world, we’re excited to officially welcome OCESA into Live Nation."
Interviews ‘If you worry about what everybody else is doing, forget it – that’s not the key to success’ As part of MBW's World's Greatest Managers series, Deborah Kline discusses revitalising and empowering 'under-serviced' established artists
News Historic Beatles audio interviews to be auctioned as NFTs Each NFT will include unique artwork and a WAV file of the interview
News Anthony Martini exits role as CEO of Royalty Exchange, joins Slip.stream as Chief Music Officer and Partner Martini will oversee the development of the company’s music catalog and frontline record label
News Deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin raise $4.5m to build ‘the leading music metaverse’ Could PIXELYNX build music's definitive metaverse?
News Jenna LoMonaco appointed Head of US Marketing at ONErpm LoMonaco has worked with Mumford & Sons, Phoenix and Childish Gambino
News FADER Label launches distribution division Division is working with five artists: Kim Tee, Origami Human, Eddie Burns, Pauli The PSM and Slaters
Analysis News Universal vs Spotify: Which of music’s two giants will be worth more at the end of 2021? It's neck-and-neck right now, with Universal $7 billion ahead of Spotify following a damaging wave of headlines about stand-up comedians
News From BMG’s Mötley Crüe catalog buy to the UK’s rejected music bill – It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The music industry's biggest few stories from the past week, and why they matter
News Bill that would have hit record company profits in the UK rejected by British government 'Brennan bill' caused a stir amongst labels, but didn't pass this morning in Parliament
News YoungBoy Never Broke Again was SoundCloud’s Top Artist in 2021 SoundCloud Playback highlights the platform's highest achieving artists and tracks
Analysis News Major record companies are losing market share on Spotify. But Spotify is gaining market share in Warner’s own revenues. Spotify, Apple, and YouTube contributed 42% of Warner Music Group's annual revenues in FY2021 between them
News Kobalt is shorn, reborn… and still full of scorn (for those who keep money from songwriters) Willard Ahdritz and Laurent Hubert explain Kobalt's sell-offs, and why they're coming for collection society wastage
News NetEase music service lists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange Cloud Village raised $421m in initial public offering