News $117m fund launches in Europe to buy catalogs of local legends First catalog acquired contains approximately 30,000 copyrights and 6,500 master recordings
News Social platform Riff secures $4m investment from EMPIRE, Top Dawg Entertainment and Quality Control Quality Control’s Kevin 'Coach K' Lee will also join Riff’s Board of Directors
News Livestream firm Mandolin buys virtual concert platform NoonChorus Mandolin recently closed a $12m funding round
News Tuned Global strikes partnership with music licensing platform Melodie Melodie is a music licensing platform and publisher providing music for creators, businesses and creative content platforms
News Jenny Swiatowy promoted to Senior Vice President of Creative Sync, Licensing and Brand Partnerships, at Capitol Music Group Swiatowy will report to CMG President & Chief Operating Officer Michelle Jubelirer
News Warner Music Group-backed blockchain firm Dapper Labs raises $250m in new funding WMG joined an $11m investment round in Dapper Labs in September 2019
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