News Amazon Music is also a merch store now, as streamer integrates in-app product sales from Billie Eilish, Selena Gomez and other artists Integration is launching with exclusive products from Selena Gomez, Weezer, Wale, Florida Georgia Line and more
News Sony Music Publishing UK renews global deal with James Bond theme song lyricist Don Black Some of his most notable works include the James Bond theme songs Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man With The Golden Gun and others
News Songtradr acquires music and sound design company Song Zu in multi-million dollar deal Song Zu works in all areas of sonic branding, including soundtracks for ads on TV and radio, online content, VR and installation spaces
News Geoff Sawyer, Red Bull’s ex-Director of Global Music Services, joins UTA as agent in games division Sawyer to foster collaborations between music clients and gaming industry
Analysis News ASCAP payouts to songwriters and publishers grew in pandemic 2020 – but it was the smallest increase in 5 years PRO's distribution increases slowed down in pandemic year – but total collections sped up
News DistroKid artists can now distribute their music to Snapchat Partnership will enable artists who control their own recording and publishing rights to get their music on the platform
News Kim Youngberg joins The Davis Firm as Partner Youngberg has also joined custom music company DJDTP as Chief Legal Officer
News Tom Foley promoted to SVP, Worldwide Portfolio Management and Analysis at Sony Music Publishing He previously held the position of Vice President, North American Royalty Administration in Nashville
News Micki Stern promoted to SVP of Clearance and Sync Licensing at Warner Chappell Music Stern ran her own music clearance company for over a decade prior to joining Warner Chappell in 2019
News Raised In Space, Jason Flom join $11m investment round in music licensing tech platform Songclip Songclip has patented technology for integrating popular licensed music as a feature in social apps
News Claire Mas joins livestream company Driift as Chief Operating Officer Exec was formerly Head of Digital at Island Records, where she led campaigns for artists such as Sigrid, Mumford & Sons and others
News Ticketing platform DICE launches direct-to-fan merch service Company says that it is partnering with merchandise specialists to offer the new service
Analysis ‘The death of the artist’? Why Big Hit and BTS just raised the alarm on the record industry’s future. Why Big Hit's recent investment is symptomatic of a wider, potentially worrying, trend for major record companies
News Bhaskar Menon, founding Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of EMI Music Worldwide, dies aged 86 He is survived by Sumitra, his wife of 49 years, sons Siddhartha and Vishnu, and sister Vasantha Menon
Analysis Why Spotify’s ex-Global Head of Music Publishing thinks streaming services should be paying songwriters more money Adam Parness explains why he believes his ex-employer should fork out more cash to songwriters and indie publishers
News Grammy-winning producer and songwriter J. White Did It inks global deal with Sony Music Publishing He recently produced the single Savage by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Michael Gudinski, SoundCloud, Universal, TIDAL, Anghami The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Electronic music veteran Nick Halkes strikes JV with Sentric Music Group and takes on A&R consultancy role Halkes co-founded XL Recordings and launched the Positiva label in the past