Analysis News Which US company might soon buy 10% of Universal Music Group… in a multi-billion dollar deal? New filing also suggests Vivendi might float 70%, rather than 60%, of UMG
News Sony Music inks new licensing deals with Tencent Music and NetEase in China News comes after Universal and Sony both agreed new multi-year licensing deals in China
Analysis Blog The music industry just took a backwards step on streaming pricing… in glorious HD Why Amazon and Apple's latest announcements bear the hallmarks of an own goal for music rightsholders
News Daniel Ek bid $2.5 billion to buy Arsenal Football Club – but its owners told him ‘we don’t need the money’ The London football club is Ek's childhood team
News Joe Kentish named President of Warner Records UK, as Phil Christie steps down Kentish has signed the likes of Dua Lipa and Griff during his tenure at Warner
Analysis Blog Unearthing the music industry’s buried treasure Chris Sheehan, founder of Karousel Music's Buried Treasure, on why re-energizing the past could unlock huge potential for the music industry
News Spotify rival Anghami expands into social audio space with new Live Radio feature Creators will be able to create subscription-only channels
News From Believe’s $600m IPO to Hipgnosis and Influence Media’s catalog deals: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Reservoir signs BRELAND to global publishing deal Deal includes BRELAND's full catalog, his 2020 track My Truck and future works
News Stones Throw Publishing signs with Songtrust for global publishing administration Songtrust powers global rights administration for over 350,000 writers and 3m works
News Former One Direction member Louis Tomlinson inks global deal with BMG for second album Tomlinson's solo work has generated over 1 billion streams
News Rod Wave was the biggest artist-songwriter in the US in Q1, with 10 certifications Top non-performing songwriter was Mike Dean with seven certifications
News Eric Franklin promoted to Vice President of Digital Account Strategy at Warner’s Rhino Entertainment Franklin was previously Senior Director of Digital Sales at Rhino
News Influence Media Partners buys catalog from Grammy-nominated songwriter Julia Michaels Firm launched a $100m fund in March to invest in catalogs of female music creators
News Want to play pretend at being a record company boss? Now you can, with a fully licensed catalog. Streaming tech firm Tuned Global will handle music ingestion, delivery and royalty reporting
News Bridget O’Gara Bloom joins Sentric Music Group as Head of Sync, North America Company also promotes Patrick Cloherty to Head of Sync, Europe
News YouTube launches $100m Shorts Fund to pay creators over course of 2021-2022 'Thousands of creators' will be paid for their content on Shorts, says YouTube
News Hipgnosis buys catalog from Grammy-winning producer Andy Wallace Acquisition includes 100% of his Producer, Mixer and Performance royalties