News Rachel Kelly joins Utopia Music as Vice President for Australia Exec will be in charge of setting up Utopia’s activities in Australia, New Zealand and other Australasian key territories
News FADER Label launches management division, makes raft of new appointments Roster includes shallou, James Ivy, Del Water Gap and more
News Live Nation ‘heartbroken for those lost and impacted’ at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival Lawsuits launched over tragedy at Travis Scott concert where eight attendees lost their lives and up to 300 others were injured
News Elvis Adidiema appointed Director of Sony Music French Speaking Africa He joins from music channel Trace TV
News Vevo Artists To Watch 2022: Mimi Webb, Arrdee, Lola Young, Ronisia, Sen Senra, Jessica Winter, Pip Millett, EST Gee Introducing the first batch of artists on Vevo's influential Artists To Watch 2022 list
News From Live Nation’s $2.7bn Q3 revenues to HYBE’s NFT joint venture: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News Singapore’s BandLab acquires DIY artist services platform ReverbNation ReverbNation offers digital distribution, career management and online marketing tools for independent artists
News Deezer strikes long-term strategic partnership with German broadcaster RTL RTL+ customers will be able to access Deezer’s premium features and recommended content
News Live Nation revenues soar to $2.7bn in Q3, as boss Michael Rapino tells investors: ‘Live music roared back over the past quarter.’ Live Nation Entertainment has published its Q3 results for the three months ended September 30
News Warner Music launches Atlantic Records Benelux Sander Stijnen and Ixia Verdooren will head up the new label
News Get ready for BTS NFTs: HYBE to acquire $421m stake in crypto firm and launch collectables JV HYBE strikes partnership with Korean fintech firm Dunamu, which operates crypto exchange, Upbit
News Lil Pump royalty shares sell out in two hours via Opulous partnership, raising $500,000 Lil Pump’s song Mona Lisa attracted investment from 927 backers
Blog Sometimes, ‘polite pop stars’ are stifled by this business Rhian Jones believes the influence of the music industry can have troubling consequences for young artists – and prevent their personalities and talent from shining...
News Primary Wave buys stake in publishing catalog of the Waterboys’ Mike Scott Included in the deal are hits like Fisherman’s Blues and This Is the Sea
News UnitedMasters is worth $550m. Should it IPO? On Talking Trends, Louise Porter and MBW founder Tim Ingham discuss the music industry's "quiet giant" – the DIY distribution and tools sector
News HYBE, the home of K-pop stars BTS, sees revenues rocket to $288m in Q3, up 79.5% YoY HYBE has posted its financial results for Q3 2021
News Lionel Richie inks exclusive global deal with Universal Music Publishing Group Richie has sold more than 125 million albums worldwide
News Ochre releases new suite of developer tools for D2C market Ochre says that its new tools open up access to e-commerce data