Analysis Blog For record labels, 2021 should be the year of empathetic A&R "Being empathetic will help us to know our artists better, understand them well, and as a result, achieve bigger goals together."
Analysis News Spotify, worth $67bn, has seen its share price TRIPLE in 10 months. Should Daniel Ek pay artists a ‘bonus’ to say thank you? Spotify is still loss-making, but its market cap is so massive... should it pay a 'phantom dividend' to popular artists in need?
News Pro Music Rights prepares for direct public listing in the US PMR will be offering 910 million shares of Class A Common Stock for a total offering amount of $9.1m
News KKR buys majority stake in Ryan Tedder catalog, marking investment giant’s return to music rights ownership KKR says the Tedder catalog spans nearly 500 songs, covering both "music publishing and recorded music rights"
News Paul Gills appointed Vice President of Publisher Services at SoundExchange Gills was previously Vice President of North American Administration for Universal Music Publishing Group
News Round Hill buys catalog of Bryan Adams songwriting partner Jim Vallance Vallance has also written songs for artists including Bonnie Raitt, Aerosmith, Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, Roger Daltrey, Tina Turner, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Europe, Kiss and others
News Audible Magic acquires rights administration business MediaNet from SOCAN SOCAN and Audible Magic also enter into strategic partnership
News Amy Wheatley upped to Managing Director at Ministry of Sound, Negla Abdela promoted to General Manager Both executives will report to Dipesh Parmar, President of Ministry of Sound
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Hipgnosis, Warner, Anghami, Universal Music, US streams The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Mr. Probz inks multi-year publishing partnership with Warner Chappell Music He has worked with the likes of 50 Cent, TI, Chris Brown and DJs including Hardwell and Armin van Buuren
News Symphonic Distribution expands into Brazil Ian Martini Bueno joins company as Head of Brazil Operations
Analysis UK record industry nears $2bn in pandemic-hit 2020 – but streaming growth slows significantly Subscription streaming pulls in over $1.5bn in retail revenue alone, according to ERA figures
News Warner’s ADA strikes distribution deal with Netherlands-based Disruptive Records Deal is the latest in a series of partnerships signed by Sander Stijnen, Head of ADA Benelux, A&R & Business Development
News Michèle Domi appointed Senior Artistic Director at Warner Chappell Music France Domi has contributed to the career development of artists including Axel Tony, Florent Pagny and Indila
News Nearly a third of all streams in the US last year were of hip-hop and R&B artists (as rock beat pop to second most popular streaming genre) The Box by Roddy Ricch was the year's biggest streaming track in the States, with over a billion plays across audio and video
News Deezer starts selling editorial playlist sponsorship to brands Headphone brand Marshall has been named as one of Deezer's first playlist sponsors
News Hipgnosis secures another $200m to buy music copyrights Firm says it may request access to a further $150m in the near future
News Ingrooves expands into Africa with acquisition of South Africa-based distributor, Electromode Electromode’s roster includes more than 200 artists and associated labels