News Vanessa French joins SoundExchange as Vice President of Communications and Content Strategy French will oversee SoundExchange’s communications team
News BMG backs Credits Due campaign for songwriters launched by ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus BMG is the first international music company to commit to the campaign.
News Twitch strikes deal with music publishers According to the NMPA, Twitch will provide "new opportunities" to music publishers
News Thanks Universal! Warner Music Group just got $1.9bn more valuable after UMG listing UMG's share price closed at €25.10
News ABBA’s Agnetha Fältskog joins $6m funding round for AI-powered record label Snafu Records The company also unveiled two new platform tools
News Music Sampling platform Tracklib raises $12.2m, led by Sony Innovation Fund Tracklib tells MBW that it has raised a total of $21.2m in funding to date
News Universal Music Group goes public: Sir Lucian Grainge hails ‘exciting milestone in UMG’s storied history’ Sir Lucian Grainge and members of UMG's corporate executive team sounded the gong live from UMG’s Santa Monica HQ
News Saban Music Group strikes strategic partnership with Reggaeton star Don Omar Don Omar has over 17.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify
Analysis Blog Merck Mercuriadis: ‘None of us should be able to sleep in good conscience at night until the true value of the songwriters’ contributions to this business are recognized.’ Merck Mercuriadis responds to criticism of his views regarding the major record companies and publishers
News Universal hits massive valuation of $54bn as it lists on Amsterdam Stock Exchange UMG's opening price is over a third bigger than the reference price that Vivendi confirmed yesterday of €18.50
Interviews Hartwig Masuch thinks the music industry is putting too much of its money in the wrong places. The BMG boss opens up on frontline vs catalog investment, and much more
News Universal valued at $39bn ahead of Amsterdam listing, as Vivendi sets reference price of €18.50 per share Vivendi is preparing to spin off 60% of UMG on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange on Tuesday September 21
News With over $5m investment to date, Visionary Media Group wants to create ‘revolutionary experiences for top-tier artists’ Visionary Media Group's founding managing partners are Ronald Zamber and Nick Sciorra
News Songtradr enters wellness space, partners with music for wellbeing label Myndstream Songtradr has partnered with the mindfulness music label for sync services across the platform
News Premier League football club Wolverhampton Wanderers teams with Warner’s ADA to launch record label in the UK Legendary music manager Peter Rudge has joined the label as a strategic consultant
News With $7.5m in funding to date, ‘social metaverse’ platform Stageverse launches with virtual Muse concert Stageverse was founded in 2017 by Tim Ricker and Claire Seidler
News FUGA rolls out spatial audio support and automated delivery to Apple Music FUGA is a Preferred Plus partner on Apple Music
News From Universal’s new board to Warner’s David Bowie partnership: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter