News Alison Wenham joins Chrysalis Records as Chief Operating Officer Wenham founded and was the CEO/Chairman of UK Trade Association AIM from 1999-2016
News Phebe Hunnicutt appointed SVP, International, Warner Recorded Music Hunnicutt joins from hayu, the subscription-based video streaming service owned by NBC Universal International
News Believe buys controlling stake in India-based label Think Music for $14.6m Believe has acquired a 76% stake in the company
News From the Grammys nominations list to Sony’s $100m share buy – It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The music industry's biggest few stories from the past week, and why they matter
News Vevo Artists To Watch 2022: Seori, Grip, Serious Klein, Brray Introducing the final four Artists To Watch in Vevo DSCVR's 2022 tip list
News Distiller Music Group makes raft of new hires and promotions within UK team Ian Carew joins as Consultant Head of Strategy
Interviews ‘We are taking Afrobeats to the world.’ In the latest in MBW's World Leaders interview series, we speak to Don Jazzy, founder of Nigeria-based Mavin Records
News Games publisher 2K partners with SoundCloud to find emerging artists’ music for NBA 2K22 soundtrack Competition will give emerging artists the chance to get their original songs added to popular basketball game, NBA 2K22
News Downtown Music Services inks global publishing deal for catalog of iconic South African musician Johnny Clegg Johnny Clegg's catalog spans more than four decades
News Record labels really, really don’t like a new Bill that could – eventually – change how artists get paid in the UK Kevin Brennan MP has published a draft of his recommendations for UK politicians... and the labels don't like it one bit
News Wendy Goldstein and Jim Roppo named Co-Presidents of Republic Records “Wendy and Roppo together are the ultimate dynamic duo," said Chairman/CEO Monte Lipman
News UK-based Edge Investments raises $113m for fund backed by Simon Moran and Gavin Rossdale David Glick's new fund is well on the way to its GBP £100 million target
News Epic Games buys Rock Band maker Harmonix to ‘reimagine how music is experienced, created and distributed’ Harmonix is the creator of the popular Rock Band and Dance Central franchises
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