News Gregg Goldman joins Concord as EVP, Business & Legal Affairs, Recorded Music as Larry Blake Retires Blake has worked in the entertainment business for over 40 years
Interviews ‘I never had a plan B. This was my passion, my everything, so I just kept going’ Katy Perry and Dua Lipa collaborator on the evils of ego and the importance of terrible ideas
News [PIAS] re-brands distribution business to [Integral] and appoints Adrian Pope as Managing Director Leo van Schaick to support in new global role, Felicia Flack appointed Head of Label and Artist Services
News Reservoir could be going public via SPAC with $700m+ valuation Bloomberg reports that a public merger could be on the cards for acquisitive music rights company
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: IFPI, BMG x KKR, Warner x Tencent, TuneIn, IMPALA The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News TuneIn loses appeal against judgment in Sony and Warner copyright infringement lawsuit in the UK UK lawsuit was filed by Warner and Sony in 2017
News Primary Wave buys majority stake in publishing catalog of Mark Morrison in ‘multi-million dollar deal’ Deal includes hits such as Crazy, Trippin’ and Return of the Mack
News NetEase Cloud Music and Merlin extend strategic partnership in China Original agreement was established in 2018
News Music startups saw funding levels sink by 67% in 2020 (report) Funding for music startups fell from over $1bn in 2019 to $328.9m last year
News Fortnite to host Kaskade concert in collaboration with Monstercat Concert takes place at Fortnite's Party Royale Main Stage on March 26
News US music industry leaders hammer Twitter for ‘rampant theft’ in joint letter on day of social media hearing Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is giving testimony to Congress today in a hearing about the promotion of misinformation and extremist content on social media platforms
News Alison Finley appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Motown Records Finley previously served as Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at UMG
News Super Music Group launches new brand identity, label and partners with The Orchard for distribution Miami-based company was founded in 2010 by Derek Walin and Brandon Kessler
Interviews Meet the Romanian record label with 2bn annual streams – and major global ambitions Global Records is looking to add further international expansion, via serious investment, in 2021
News Warner Chappell Music signs publishing deal with multi-platinum producer d.a. got that dope In 2020 he produced Eminem single, Godzilla ft. Juice Wrld, which has sold over 8m copies worldwide
News Sales of music, merch and tickets through artist website hosting platform Bandzoogle surpass $75m Bandzoogle members earned $12.7m through their websites in 2020 alone
Interviews News As Round Hill’s market share of US hits climbs, company tells music biz: Don’t call us a check-book publisher Josh Gruss walks MBW through the surprising news that a catalog acquisition company keeps cropping up on hit radio market share charts
News Spotify settles lawsuit with Pro Music Rights founder who sought over $1bn in damages (update) Case against the music streaming company first began in 2019