News Primary Wave strikes $30m deal to buy catalog of TOTO drummer Jeff Porcaro Deal includes music publishing catalog and master royalties
News Tom Poole promoted to Head of Promotions at Kartel Music Group Poole's promotion is part of Kartel's wider expansion of its marketing and promotions agency
News Reservoir acquires hit songs by platinum-selling songwriter and producer Dallas Austin Catalog spans several decades and includes hit songs such as Boyz II Men’s Motownphilly
News Spotify launches real-time lyrics for all Free and Premium users globally Feature has been launched in partnership with Lyrics provider Musixmatch
News Could Elton John sell his song catalog? No – it’s ‘unthinkable’. David Furnish: "I can't think of anything more agonizing, and neither can Elton, than watching someone else take his songs and do what they want with them."
News TikTok strikes multi-year music licensing deal with and APRA AMCOS Deal will also account for TikTok’s past use of musical works, including the service Musical.ly
Interviews Meet the executive who was investing in music rights long before it was fashionable. Darren Michaelson, a long-time investor into music, gives his view on the market and where it's going
News Downtown Neighbouring Rights signs Lindsey Buckingham DNR has also integrated its neighbouring rights service with that of FUGA
News DistroKid enters NFT market with ‘Sellouts’, mints 10,000 collectible NFTs ILOVEMAKONNEN, Ricky Desktop and Ryan Oakes are early participating musicians
News Joie Manda launches Encore Recordings, Ned Monahan to join as General Manager Manda previously served as Executive Vice President of Interscope Geffen A&M
News Warner Music Group is now a serious modern media publisher – and it’s axing the historic WEA brand to prove it Stat Of The Week: How Warner Music Group has built a collection of owned media brands that reach nearly 250 million people a month
News Downtown Music Services inks publishing deal with French band AIR The deal covers the band's full back catalogue
News Ryan Press promoted to President, North America at Warner Chappell Music He will have a focus on the US and Canada and will continue to report to WCM Co-Chairs, CEO Guy Moot and COO Carianne Marshall
Blog ‘Vinyl is magical, my collection will forever be my pride and joy, but it has many parallels with the NFT experience.’ This MBW op/ed comes from Australian tech entrepreneur Max Shand, founder of music tech company Serenade
News TIDAL to launch user-centric royalties system and direct-to-artist payments TIDAL makes raft of announcements around membership tiers and artist payments
News Warner just raised $535 million in debt to buy… something. But what will it be? Could Warner swoop for 300, Concord – or something else entirely?
News Curve Royalty Systems launches into the US, names Sam Spainhower as head of operations in the market The announcement comes after Curve expanded its roster of clients in New York, Nashville and Los Angeles
News Warner Music Group stock slides 9.7% in two days as Bank Of America cuts rating… but WMG is still worth over $25bn Jessica Reif Cohen and Bank of America are pessimistic over future growth for Warner's valuation