News Meet Universal Music Group’s new board UMG has published the names of the new 10-person board, as of September 20, 2021
Analysis News Vincent Bolloré is about to own $7bn-plus of Universal shares… and other things we learned from UMG’s new prospectus Prospectus published ahead of UMG's listing on the Amsterdam stock exchange on September 21
News Spotify Rival Anghami partners with Amazon to give Prime members in Saudi Arabia and UAE 6 months Anghami Plus for free Prime members in Saudi Arabia and the UAE will receive a free six-month subscription to Anghami Plus
News Republic Records China signs pop star Daisy Xue as its first artist Artist's hit The Love Party has been viewed over 4.5bn times on Douyin
News EMI Production Music rebrands as KPM Music KPM represents more than 40 labels and is home to a range of genres
News Cinq Music parent GoDigital acquires music finance company Sound Royalties in ‘high eight-figure’ deal Jason Peterson's company makes major move for US-based financing company
Analysis News Drake’s Certified Lover Boy had a huge first week on Spotify… but not as big as Scorpion’s The numbers are in.... and they show Drizzy's latest LP was around 60 million streams short of his record in week one
News US recorded music revenues grew $1.5bn in H1 2021 compared to the first half of last year Streaming accounted for 84% of total revenues for the period
News Reservoir inks global deal with Joni Mitchell Mitchell has released a total of 19 studio albums, and has received a total of nine Grammy Awards
News Live Nation to buy majority stake in Latin America’s biggest concert promoter for $450m Live Nation Entertainment is buying a majority (51%) stake in Mexico-based concert promoter OCESA Entretenimiento
News From Drake and Kanye’s blockbuster albums to Apple Music’s new DJ Mix technology: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News SJM Concerts Director Chris York honoured for Outstanding Contribution to the Live Entertainment Industry The award was given at last month’s headline show by Liam Gallagher at The O2 for NHS workers
News After selling AWAL, Kobalt pays $89m to buy back equity from shareholders Kobalt confirms to MBW that it has handed over cash from AWAL sale to some of its investors
News Apple Music is now using Shazam technology to identify tracks in DJ Mixes so that rightsholders get paid Thousands of mixes are already available on Apple Music
News Round Hill Music Royalty Fund acquires catalog of Dennis Elliott, former drummer of Foreigner Foreigner has sold more than 80 million records worldwide, including 37.5m in the US
News Brands can now sponsor Spotify’s personalized Release Radar playlist Release Radar is the platform's third personalised playlist to be made available for sponsorship
News Milk & Honey expands into Australasia with Sydney office led by Daniel Nall Management firm adds to offices in the US, UK, and Europe as it continues global expansion
News Tim Dadson promoted to General Counsel at SoundExchange, Brieanne Jackson upped to Deputy General Counsel Colin Rushing stepping down as Chief Legal Officer