News Spotify finally launches in South Korea, but with no Free tier Streaming service is now active in 93 markets
News Karim Ech-Choayby named Head of A&R at Columbia Records France Former Def Jam and Universal Music Publishing exec joins Sony label
News PRS for Music U-turns over license fee for small-scale live stream concerts Writer-performers playing their own works to be exempt from paying small-scale livestream licence fee
Analysis News What now for Kobalt? The small matter of a $500m-a-year publishing company, for starters… Following the sale of AWAL and Kobalt Neighbouring Rights, where does Willard Ahdritz's company go from here?
News Three Six Zero appointed to handle global management for artist and producer Fraser T Smith He has co-written, mixed, and produced seven No.1 singles in the UK and two No.1 singles in the US
News The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and Concord form joint venture Partnership will operate under the Easy Eye Sound label name and logo
News 21 Savage was the biggest songwriter in the US in Q4 2020, with 21 certifications He was followed by Trippie Reed with 19 certifications
News Confirmed: Sony Music is paying $430m to buy AWAL and Kobalt Neighbouring Rights Financial filing in the US from Sony confirms price of double acquisition
News Sony Music buys AWAL and Kobalt Neighbouring Rights from Kobalt Music Group Rob Stringer-led Sony swoops for Kobalt's independent artist and label services division, which generated $111m in FY2019
News Heidi Jacob appointed Promotions Director at Universal’s 0207 Def Jam Jacob most recently spent four years at Island Records
News Ditto launches Opulous platform to help artists access funding without the need for traditional banks Opulous uses blockchain technology and loans are guaranteed against artists' past streaming revenues
Interviews ‘Latin music artists are not getting the recognition they deserve.’ MTW Agency CEO Diana Dotel discusses the challenges that come with working with Latin music and biggest lessons learned across her career
News Exactuals’ PaymentHub passes $1bn in all-time dollars processed PaymentHub has seen 250% year-over-year growth, reports Exactuals
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Universal, Sun Records, DistroKid, Spotify, Big Hit The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Sherrese Clarke Soares, CEO of $1bn-backed acquisition fund Tempo Music Investments, exits company "Despite the birthing of Tempo as a result of several years of hard work at Morgan Stanley, I made the decision to resign as CEO to start my own venture."
News Matt Phipps-Taylor joins peermusic as Chief Information Officer Hiring comes as peermusic’s current Chief Information Officer Jeff Witcher retires after 18 years with the company
News Annabelle Herd named Chief Executive Officer of Australia’s ARIA Herd joins ARIA and PPCA following a 16-year career at Network 10
News Alen Torosyan promoted to VP, Operations Emerging Markets, at Warner Music His remit involves coordinating Legal and Business Affairs, and Finance activities