News Warner Music Group strikes global licensing deal with social platform Kuaishou Kuaishou reports to have over 1 billion users worldwide
News BMG revenues up 9% in first half of 2021… and it has over $1bn of acquisition deals in play with KKR Recordings revenues were up 29.4% on the same period last year, says Hartwig Masuch
News Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic Apple Music plans to launch a dedicated classical music app next year combining Primephonic’s classical user interface with more added features
News From Universal Music impressing investors to Olivia Rodrigo giving credit where it’s due: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The news that mattered this week – and why it mattered
News Cee Barrett joins Kobalt as Director in Creative Division Barrett comes to Kobalt with over 10 years of experience in the artist and songwriter community
News Tomorrowland launches label, inks global distribution deal with Universal Music Tomorrow festival welcomes more than 400,000 people from 200 countries over two weekends
Analysis News Warner Music has changed leaders in no less than 10 key international markets since its IPO. Why? Simon Robson explains Warner's strategy following slew of top-level changes worldwide
Analysis Blog Why Are (Some) Record Labels and Music Publishers Still Only Reporting Every 6 Months? Curve Royalty Systems' Tom Allen says 'that's the way we've always done it' is no longer good enough
News TuneCore, which paid out over $400m to indie artists last year, has a new CEO: Andreea Gleeson Gleeson joined TuneCore in 2015, the same year it was acquired by Believe
Analysis Blog Concerts have been pummelled by the pandemic. These should be the live music industry’s golden rules for the next year. Columnist and author Eamonn Forde sets out his manifesto for post-lockdown concerts
News Kristen Burke named President of Warner Music Canada; Steve Kane exits company after 20 years Burke joins Warner from Universal Music Canada, where she worked for more than two decades
News Spotify is giving podcasters perks that will make independent music artists very jealous US podcasters can now charge subscriptions and download a database of email addresses
News Shodement raises over $13 million to fund advances for UK indie artists Sound Royalties joins funding round for UK-based startup's new A&R cash pot
News China is banning music that ‘insults or defames others’ in its 50,000 karaoke venues New crackdown on offensive music coming in October as market's industry power keeps growing
News Linktree acquires Songlink/Odesli and launches music link feature The Linktree platform is utilized by more than 16 million users globally
News Aerosmith inks deal to bring entire catalog to Universal Music Group Deal will bring the band's current Sony Music recordings into a Universal Music Group partnership
News From Spotify’s $1bn share buyback to Downtown’s big change: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest music biz headlines of the week - and why they matter
News Spotify is ready to buy back $1bn in stock from shareholders Does Spotify think the market is currently undervaluing its stock?