News Jeannette Perez promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer at Kobalt Perez will partner with Kobalt CEO, Laurent Hubert, to run the day-to-day operations of the company
News Gresham Rights Management expands into five new markets in West Africa Firm is owned by Gresham Music Group, one of the largest independent music companies in Africa
News Ramona Forsström promoted to General Manager of Warner Music Finland Forsström joined Warner Music Finland in 2008
News What will be music’s next blockbuster rights buyout? And what can labels learn from Scarlett Johansson? The first ever episode of MBW's weekly Talking Trends podcast goes live
News Opulous teams up with Lil Pump and EDM star KSHMR to let fans invest in their music Opulous closed a $6.5 million funding round in June
News Michael Abitbol promoted to SVP, Head of US Digital at Sony Music Publishing Exec will manage and oversee all aspects of Sony Music Publishing’s US digital business
News Mike Sherwood joins Capitol Music Group as EVP of Global Commercial Marketing and Strategy Sherwood will lead CMG’s commercial and Direct-To-Consumer (D2C) marketing strategies
News Coldplay and Warner Music ink long-term deal, via Parlophone and Atlantic Coldplay have sold over 100m albums worldwide and won seven Grammy Awards
News Titania Altius joins PPL as Head of Member Relations Altius will be responsible for the Member Relations and Development teams within PPL’s Member Services department
News Warner Music UK partners with Rio Ferdinand Foundation to run career guidance and mentoring programs during Black History Month Partnership will offer young people workshops and personal development programs
News Universal’s Bravado strikes global merchandise partnership with the Spice Girls The Spice Girls have sold more than 90m records globally
News BMG buys bundle of Tina Turner rights in music’s latest big-money deal Deal includes artist’s share of her recordings, plus Turner's music publishing writer’s share
News Here’s what women are earning (compared to men) in the UK music industry Three majors plus Spotify and Live Nation reveal their figures as required by UK law
News TikTok’s revenues hit $170.8m in Europe last year, up 545% year-on-year Results revealed in a filing published on the UK's Companies House
News MBW launches ‘Talking Trends’ weekly podcast, supported by Voly Music New show will delve behind the headlines to bring you MBW's exclusive take of major news stories
News Lyrics platform Musixmatch partners with Gucci on 22,705 songs fashion line Over 500,000 artists now manage their lyrics directly through Musixmatch,
News Qobuz parent company Xandrie acquires Japan’s e-onkyo music Platform acquired from Japanese electronics manufacturer Onkyo Corporation