News Adele’s Easy on Me breaks Spotify record for most global streams in a week The British-born singer’s third UK Number 1 gained 217,300 chart sales in its first week
News Lara Fox joins AEG Global Partnerships as Vice President The AEG Global Partnerships team act as an internal agency for AEG and AEG Presents
News Andrew Woloz promoted to Vice President, Streaming, at Concord Woloz was formerly Senior Director, Streaming, at Concord
News YouTube guns for TikTok with rival Shorts, as it secures exclusive preview of new Ed Sheeran album Album to be released Friday October 29 via Asylum/Atlantic
News YouTube Music signs up as Icon sponsor at imminent A&R Awards YouTube joins growing list of sponsors backing 2021 A&R Awards
News Karen Kwak named Executive Vice President/Head of A&R at Warner Records Exec to join the company on November 1
News Ingrooves expands into Italy, names Luca Stante as Country Manager for the market Stante was previously CEO and MD of Believe Italy and MD of Tunecore Italy
News Exceleration Music acquires Chicago-based label Bloodshot Records Exceleration was founded by indie sector executives Glen Barros, John Burk, Charles Caldas, Amy Dietz, and Dave Hansen
News Erica Clayton promoted to Senior Director, Client Success, at Tunecore Clayton joined the company in 2019
News From BTS’ new label partner to Kobalt’s $1.1bn catalog sale to KKR: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News Sulinna Ong promoted to Global Head of Editorial at Spotify Ong will relocate to Los Angeles from London for new role
News BTS to leave Sony Music’s Columbia, confirms HYBE: ‘We look forward to our new chapter in partnership with Universal.’ BTS sign with Universal Music Group/Interscope for distribution and marketing in the United States
Analysis News Warner Music Group is worth $10bn more than it was a year ago Universal stays above $50 billion... as its rival's market worth goes gangbusters
News Cécile Rap-Veber named Chief Executive Officer at Sacem, David El Sayegh promoted to Deputy CEO Rap-Veber is the first woman to become CEO of Sacem since its creation in 1851
News Warner Chappell Music inks global publishing deal with British DJ, producer and songwriter Toddla T Toddla T has produced records for Stormzy, Headie One, AJ Tracey, Aitch, Stefflon Don and more
Interviews ‘I wake up every day and I don’t know what is going to happen. Life is never dull.’ MBW's latest World's Greatest Managers interview is with Stuart Camp, Ed Sheeran's main man and the founder of Grumpy Old Management
News Concord sponsors heavyweight category at A&R Awards Burgeoning global publisher adds backing to the most enjoyable night out in the UK industry's calendar
News What’s the UK’s problem with major record companies? And when will songwriters stop getting screwed by streaming? Louise Porter and Tim Ingham discuss the big music biz headlines on MBW's Talking Trends