News Bob Valentine promoted to President of Concord, Kent Hoskins named CFO He will continue to work with CEO Scott Pascucci to guide the company’s overall business strategy
News New First on SoundCloud accelerator program to make ‘multi-phase, year-long investment’ in emerging artists 'We’ll work directly with the artists over this year to help them drive real, meaningful advances in their careers.'
News Concord Music Publishing signs Julian Casablancas of The Strokes Deal will cover Casablancas’ past and future solo works and various projects including The Voidz
News Alfonso Perez-Soto named President, Emerging Markets at Warner Recorded Music Exec's new brief covers Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, India and South Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean and Eastern Europe
News Warner and Tencent Music to launch a joint record label, as they ink multi-year licensing deal Deal means Tencent is launching JV labels with Warner and Universal in China
News Alice Young joins Future Classic as Managing Director Exec joins from Spotify in New York, where she was a Product Marketer for Spotify for Artists
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