News Luke Mitzman of 100 Management joins forces with PULSE Music Group Mitzman founded 100 Management in 2015 after negotiating the move of former client Zane Lowe from the UK’s BBC Radio 1 to Apple Music
News Sentric signs Tom Speight to exclusive songwriting agreement Singer/songwriter has more than 160m streams across all DSPs
News Universal and music streaming service Boomplay expand license to cover 47 countries across Africa New markets include South Africa, Ethiopia, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon and Senegal
Analysis News Hipgnosis reveals how it values songs (and that its catalog is worth slightly more than it originally forecast) New disclosures show that Hipgnosis' assets were earning 0.4% more than company predicted they would when it acquired them
News Nearly 98% of 18-to-49-year-olds in the US didn’t tune in to the Grammys on Sunday Nielsen figures reveal that 2021's pared-down show drew a TV audience of less than 9m
News Joe Conyers III exits role as Chief Strategy Officer at Downtown to lead new NFT Platform from Crypto.com Exec joins Hong Kong-based company as EVP, Global Head of NFT
Interviews ‘There is an urgent need for more people to take diversity and representation seriously.’ TBA founding partner Amy Davidman discusses working during the pandemic and lessons learned across her career
News Abbey Road Studios acquires remote production start-up Audiomovers Strategic move marks Abbey Road's entrance into the remote music production space
News NFTs for copyrights: Why non-fungible tokens could transform who gets paid from music rights, and how Ditto Music's Bluebox project is selling partial ownership of two copyrights wrapped up into NFTs this week
Analysis News The global recorded music industry grew by $1.5bn in 2020, despite the pandemic (report) New Midia report unveils estimates of industry growth in 2020
News Songtradr-owned Big Sync Music expands into Warsaw, Poland Michal Krajewski named Head of Music at Big Sync Warsaw
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Epidemic Sound, Songtradr, IFPI, TuneCore, NFTs The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Danny Strick joins CMNTY Culture as a Senior Advisor Strick will support CMNTY Culture across recorded music, music publishing, film/ TV, and real estate
News Music-related NFT sales have topped $25m in the past month From 3LAU to Tory Lanez and Kings Of Leon, NFT sales are booming in music
News The new Atari Metaverse gaming platform will let creators mint and distribute NFT collections to fans Atari inks strategic partnership with digital assets e-commerce platform Bondly to launch NFTs covering gaming, music and more
News Reach Music buys 50% interest in song catalog of Judas Priest’s Glenn Tipton Acquisition covers Tipton's songwriting catalog of almost 200 songs
News Spotify is testing price increases in the UK Test prices for Premium Individual, Duo and Family plans are £10.99, £14.99 and £19.99, respectively
News Epidemic Sound valued at $1.4bn as Blackstone joins $450m investment round in Swedish company Controversial Swedish music company achieves the $1bn-plus valuation it was looking for