News Big Hit Music, home to BTS, launches global auditions for producers BIGHIT MUSIC are seeking new producers to "challenge the global music industry,"
News Zara Larsson to host album launch event and virtual ‘Dance Party’ on Roblox Ava Max and Lil Nas X have also performed on the Roblox platform
News Warner builds presence in Africa, striking deal with WCB-Wasafi and Diamond Platnumz The deal is described by Warner Music as an exclusive distribution deal with upstreaming
News Sony Music completes $430m buyout of AWAL – but UK competition body is investigating deal Phase One of investigation is yet to get underway
News TuneCore, which paid out $412m to artists last year, appoints Becky Sebber as CFO Sebber moves to TuneCore from Conde Nast Entertainment
News Round Hill Music acquires master recordings from Swedish label Telegram Studios The catalog of masters features a mix of recordings, from mainstream pop hits to rock and reggae
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