News Tones and I was the world’s No.1 songwriter on streaming services last year, says new report Blokur's data hands crown to Toni Watson, who wrote 100% of Dance Monkey
Analysis News Queen’s music is making crazy money. Could it be worth over a billion dollars? MBW digs behind the finances of a band with true evergreen appeal
News Several ‘fake stream’ sites shut down in Brazil 'Streaming manipulation has no place in music; we continue to tackle it globally,' says IFPI Chief Executive, Frances Moore
News Portugual-based Lusitanian Music Publishing joins independent licensing agency IMPEL Company becomes the first Portuguese publisher to join IMPEL
News UK-based indie publisher B-Unique makes raft of new signings New signing Rob Harvey has worked with the likes of Joel Corry and Clean Bandit
Analysis News From Kobalt’s profitability to Scooter Braun’s new job: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News Jenni Pfaff promoted to SVP, Head of Global Strategic Integration and Operations at Warner Chappell Music Jesse Dang has also joined as Senior Vice President of People
News Brian Nolan appointed Executive Vice President and EVP, Marketing at Motown Records In this new role, Nolan joins the label’s executive leadership team and will help guide the company
News Bang Si-hyuk steps down as CEO of HYBE, formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment New CEO of HYBE has been named as Park Ji-won
Analysis News Maneskin might be the music industry story of 2021… but they just split from their manager Maneskin now count over 29m monthly listeners on Spotify
News Indie labels loathe Spotify’s Discovery Mode – but DIY giants are loving it Believe and TuneCore have been testing Spotify's Discovery Mode tool
News Christian Johnson promoted to Senior Director of A&R at Hipgnosis Songs Group Hipgnosis own a music catalog worth over $2.2 billion
Interviews ‘The music industry’s shift to digital in Japan appears to be gaining traction.’ Line Music's Misaki Iki talks MBW through the Japanese market – and its future possibilities
News Tomi Oyewumi joins PPL as Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Partner The role will support PPL in addressing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion issues within the company
Interviews The Richard Antwi Scholarship: ‘In 10 years, I would like to be president of a major music company.’ Daniel Beckley is now working at Universal Music Publishing
Interviews The Richard Antwi Scholarship: ‘With the right resources, talent, work ethic, network and guidance, anything is possible.’ MBW meets Esther Lenda Bokuma – a hotly-tipped artist in her own right who is currently working at Universal Music UK’s Globe
Interviews The Richard Antwi Scholarship: ‘I’ve changed my narrative and it’s now possible to inspire others in my community.’ Jojo Mukeza tells MBW about breaking into the music industry and working at 0207 Def Jam