Interviews ‘Nobody will out-work me and nobody will out-care me; they won’t do it, they can’t do it.’ Chris Kappy talks about managing Luke Combs from half-empty bars to the top of the charts
Interviews ‘We always put the songwriter at the centre of everything we do – globally.’ It’s a new era for Sony Music Publishing, with a global rebrand from the historic Sony/ATV name. Here, the leaders of Sony Music Publishing UK explain why the name change is symptomatic of a wider transformation...
News Milk & Honey joins growing list of A&R Awards sponsors Songwriter management powerhouse backs Major Publisher of the Year category
News Tunji Balogun named Def Jam Recordings Chairman and CEO Balogun has worked with artists including Bryson Tiller, Childish Gambino, Goldlink, Khalid and Wizkid
News Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square buys 7.1% of Universal Music Group Not the most thrilling of music industry dramas, we'll grant you
News Round Hill founder Josh Gruss establishes Berklee College scholarship fund with $1m Gift The fund will support students majoring in Music Business and Management
Analysis News The major music companies now turn over $2.5m every hour – and will generate more than $20bn between them this year MBW's number-crunching tells us it's going to be a gangbusters year for the majors
News Jack White’s Third Man Records expands into London, with retail space, live venue and new European HQ The store will become the company's third physical space, alongside buildings in Nashville, Tennessee and Detroit, Michigan
News Sony Music Germany acquires stake in children’s entertainment brand Tiger Media International Tiger Media offers its own streaming service called TIGERTONES, and has also developed a speaker box and touchscreen, called the TIGERBOX
News Germany’s recorded music revenues topped $1bn in H1 2021, up 12.4% YoY Digital's overall share of sales now stands at 78.6% of the market, while vinyl sales grew 49.5% in the first six months of 2021
News The Weeknd manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby honored in Fuse Media’s Future Middle Eastern History Class of 2021 The Future History series celebrates positive, proactive and emerging leaders
News Hipgnosis buys catalog from Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie Catalog includes 11 No.1s and 47 Top 10s
Analysis News From Sony’s Q2 revenue growth to Primary Wave’s stake in the Prince estate: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News Major labels and publishers hit Charter Communications with $400m+ copyright infringement lawsuit Charter is one of the largest ISPs in the US
News After expanding into Asia, CTS Eventim to spend over $200m on new arena in Italy Venue will be Italy's largest multipurpose arena
News Dan Goldberg joins sports apparel brand Fanatics as SVP, Music and Entertainment Development Goldberg formerly spent 12 years at Warner Music Group
News India-based record label Venus Music, acquired by Believe in 2019, rebrands as Ishtar First project under the new brand is from Indian playback singer Mamta Sharma
News UK government launches $1bn insurance scheme for live events forced to cancel due to Covid Scheme will be available from September 2021 and run until the end of September 2022