Analysis News Chance The Rapper sued by ex-manager for millions – and the music business will be talking about it for years to come Pat Corcoran says he's owed $2.5m of his own money he invested in Chance, plus $3m in unpaid commissions
News Brazil-based publisher Rocking Gorillas joins IMPEL Rocking Gorillas was set up by music industry veteran John Telfer
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Primary Wave, Spotify, SoundCloud, Human Re-Sources, Hipgnosis The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Vevo Artists To Watch 2021: Scribz Riley, Finn Askew, Remi Wolf, 24kGoldn MBW has once again partnered with Vevo to showcase the company's carefully curated DSCVR Artists To Watch
News UK’s PRS For Music proposes livestream tariff that charges up to FOUR TIMES the rate for ‘normal’ shows. Artists and their managers are kicking off. British collection society PRS for Music urged to reconsider proposed livestreamed event tariff
News Primary Wave buys majority stake in Stevie Nicks publishing catalog for around $80m Deal includes hits like Landslide, Edge of Seventeen, Stand Back and Dreams
Analysis News Hipgnosis Songs Fund is now worth $1.7bn… and is on course to generate $120m-plus this year Merck Mercuriadis: "We’ve been one of the FTSE 250’s biggest yielders and have now reached a £1.25 billion market cap."
News ‘AI-enabled’ indie label Snafu Records adds ex-UMG Nordics CEO Per Sundin and songwriter/producer Savan Kotecha to list of sharholders Los-Angeles-based label launched with $2.9m in seed funding earlier this year
News Sony Music acquires distribution company Human Re-Sources, brings in J.Erving in new EVP role Human Re-Sources' signings have attracted over 2.5 billion streams since the company was founded.
News Did Ya Know? podcast from Danny D and Adrian Sykes launches today MBW and Music Business UK to support new project
News Tom Paul promoted to General Manager of Capitol Records UK Executive has worked at the label for nine years, most recently as Marketing Director
Interviews ‘People were staring at me and Post. It wasn’t what they expected.’ Dre London explains how he and Post Malone launched one of the year's biggest alcohol brands (and lots more besides) during a pandemic
Analysis The One True Fan Theory Peter Robinson wonders if the secret to a happy and successful artist career is focusing on your biggest fan – literally
News Old Town Road was the most listened to Country song in the US in the past year (according to RIAA certifications) The NMPA Gold & Platinum Program has announced the top country songs and songwriters for the past year
News After seeing her masters sold twice in 18 months, Taylor Swift previews re-recorded version of Love Story in Match.com ad Swift announced the tie up via Twitter yesterday
News Marcus Grant promoted to Senior Vice President, Digital Commerce at Def Jam Recordings Exec has served as Vice President, Digital Commerce since 2016
News Universal launches audio-visual content house Mercury Studios, led by CEO Alice Webb Eagle Rock brand retired; Mercury Studios will produce content across performance/live, factual/reality, scripted, artist and filmmaker partnerships
News Downtown buys catalog of Motown legend Mickey Stevenson, including Martha Reeves hit Dancing In The Street Deal covers Motown songs including Dancing In The Street, Stubborn Kind of Fellow and Devil With the Blue Dress