News Confirmed: Universal Music Group set to go public on Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange this year Vivendi to spin out 60% of Univeral Music Group equity to shareholders ahead of IPO in the Netherlands
News Spotify employees can now ‘Work From Anywhere’ full-time (so long as their manager agrees) Streaming company to offer more flexible working options for employees
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Sony Music Publishing, TikTok, Richard Rowe, Troy Carter, UMG x Big Hit The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Round Hill Music co-founder Richard Rowe exits company after 10 years Rowe joined Round Hill in 2010, and is now believed to be off to another company in music
News Latin Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler signs with Warner Chappell Music Spain Five-time Latin Grammy winner has released 13 studio albums and has written for artists including Rosario and Shakira
News Marisa Lauro-Norris promoted to Senior Vice President, International Marketing, Def Jam Recordings Lauro-Norris will lead all International Marketing activities at the Def Jam label
News Warner Latina and Warner Records ink exclusive global deal with Latin superstar Myke Towers Deal marks first major label pact for multi-platinum Puerto Rican artist and his label, Whiteworld Music
News Brian Harris Frank named COO of Shelter Music Group, as BMG ramps up partnership with the company BMG partnered with Carl Stubner and Shelter in December 2019
News Third episode of Did Ya Know? podcast to feature Fay Hoyte, Senior Director of Marketing at EMI Records Hoyte talks about her early days at Ministry of Sound and helping to break Emeli Sande
News Primary Wave buys catalog from Wilson Phillips members Chynna Phillips and Carnie Wilson Deal includes Phillips’ copyrights and income interests in her publishing catalog, and writer’s share of Wilson’s catalog of music, as well as master royalties for both
News Post Malone to perform free-to-view virtual concert for Pokémon Concert will be free to view on Pokémon's YouTube channel, Twitch channel and 25th anniversary website
News Warner Chappell Music signs rising rapper CJ His single Whoopty currently has over 343m streams worldwide
News African music service Mdundo has 7m monthly active users, up from 5m in June Company also recently inked a telco partnership with Vodacom Tanzania
News Warner Music Norway inks distribution deal with Norwegian label GEMS GEMS was launched by Brilliance Records founder Ruben Nesse and Geir Luedy of Made Management
News Ticketmaster launches global Livestream ticketing service 'Our offering is a global one-stop-shop run by a global team with local expertise,' says Ticketmaster's EVP of Global Music, David Marcus
News Justin Bieber to perform first ever single-artist, full-length concert performance to air LIVE on TikTok Justin Bieber has over 19.6m followers on TikTok
News Sony Music Publishing returns with a ‘modern vision’ – via a re-brand of Sony/ATV The world's biggest music publishing company is no longer called Sony/ATV. It's now Sony Music Publishing.
News Firm that uses AI to insert brands into music videos partners with Red Light Management and B-Unique Records Mirriad uses patented AI tech to digitally place products and brands into films, TV shows and music videos