News AWAL extends deal with Tom Misch for forthcoming album Long-term AWAL artist signs new deal following Sony buyout announcement
News Spotify to increase some subscription prices in the US, Europe and the UK Premium Duo, Premium Family and Student plans to go up in the UK and Europe, while the US sees Family Plan increase
News Could Daniel Ek buy Arsenal, Sir Lucian Grainge’s favorite football team? Spotify founder's bid is getting serious, with legendary ex-players reportedly backing his interest in the UK club
News Concord buys Downtown’s owned music copyright catalog for around $400m Downtown becomes services company with no significant owned copyrights, as Concord grows again
News Sony Music Publishing partners with Stockholm-based company The Very Good Publishing company's roster has worked with artists including BTS, Sting, Mø, Alan Walker, and Ava Max
News From UMG’s $1m an hour, to Paul McCartney’s music streaming crusade: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Viagogo loses court appeal against $4.5m fine in Italy Court ejects viagogo’s "passive hosting provider" argument, rules no exemption from liability
News Nikki Cox and Storme Whitby-Grubb join Red Bull Records leadership team Nikki Cox appointed Chief Marketing Officer, Storme Whitby-Grubb named Chief Creative Officer
News Scooter Braun and Troy Carter backed livestream startup Moment House names seven new key hires Execs join from Spotify, Apple Music and AEG Presents
News Universal Music Group generated over $1m per hour in Q1… and expects to go public in the fall Another strong quarter for Sir Lucian Grainge and co, as Q1 streaming revenue leaps up 20% year-on-year
News Wasserman Music launches with ‘plans to expand assertively as live entertainment business rebounds’ Wasserman completes acquisition of Paradigm Talent Agency’s North American live music representation business
News SoundCloud to launch The Lookout hip-hop show exclusively on SiriusXM Show originates from popular hip-hop discovery playlist, which has spotlighted stars like Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch
Interviews ‘Good artist management is saying no to most things – and yes to the right things.’ Here, Rob Swerdlow explains the evolution of Starwood over the past three decades – and where the company plans to go with its multi-award-winning roster in 2021 and beyond…
News Sony Music applauds Apple’s new podcast subscription launch Premium Apple podcast subscriptions will be available in 170 countries in May
News Check out the latest issue of MBW’s Music Business UK right here Read the Preview edition of our latest magazine all about the British market
Analysis Netflix is going ‘wobbly’ without fresh hits. The music industry is learning to live with the same thing. Netflix is relying on classic movies, rather than new ones. Meanwhile, the music industry is saying: "Hasta la vista, ARPU."
News PortalDisc App is a new a ‘hyper-localized and hyper-targeted’ music streaming service in Chile Platform offers 130,000 Chilean songs from 300 national labels and more than 7,000 independent artists,
News Anderson .Paak signs global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Deal signed in partnership with Dr. Dre’s Hard Workin’ Black Folks