News Irving Azoff buys again, as Iconic snaps up Linda Ronstadt recorded music rights Artist has sold more than 100m records worldwide
News Applications reopen for The Richard Antwi Scholarship in London Full support is provided to a student on the University of Westminster’s Music Business Management MA in memory of British exec
News BMG inks global partnership with Montreux Jazz Festival Deal includes a three-part documentary series celebrating the history of the music festival
News Warner Music and ADA form strategic alliance with Malaysian indie label KRU Music KRU Music was founded in 1996 by the singer-songwriters from the band KRU
News Azi Eftekhari elected new Chair of UK’s Entertainment Retailers Association Eftekhari takes over from James Morton of Sky
News Temi Adeniji appointed MD of Warner Music South Africa and SVP, Strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa Adeniji joined Warner Music in 2016 as Director, International Strategy & Operations
Interviews ‘We are entering a golden age for independents in Italy.’ Claudio Ferrante, founder of distribution company and record label Artist First, on thriving during the pandemic
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Spotify, Hipgnosis, Grammys, YouTube, Universal x Boomplay The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News BTS label Big Hit Entertainment officially rebrands as HYBE Big Hit’s record label will maintain its identity as a label called Big Hit Music, under HYBE
Analysis Artists have a 0.2% chance of generating $50k a year on Spotify. Let’s kick this stat around. Spotify's new website has started a debate. The world of soccer might provide some answers.
News Universal Music Africa and Motown Gospel sign superstar South African music group Joyous Celebration Motown Gospel will release the group’s music in the US and Canada
News Drew Wilson appointed Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer at SoundCloud He joins SoundCloud from First Look Media where he served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
News Sony Music Entertainment launches new Southeast Asian label, OFFMUTE New signings include Clara Benin, Mezzaluna and liesl-mae
News Hipgnosis buys catalog of Nobody Does It Better writer Carole Bayer Sager, likely for around $10m MBW's uncomfirmed estimate suggests deal would have cost somewhere around $9m to $10m
News 1.4m viewers watched Kiswe’s pay-per-view virtual concerts in 2020 Company's platform supported virtual events from BTS and Justin Bieber in 2020
News DistroKid inks partnership with music streaming and discovery platform Audiomack Integration lets DistroKid users distribute music directly to their artist profile on Audiomack
News Madison Beer to debut Immersive Reality virtual concert made in Unreal Engine on TikTok Live Virtual event takes place in a full digital recreation of the Sony Hall concert venue in New York