News David Crosby forced to sell his song catalog: ‘It’s my only option… streaming stole my record money.’ Crosby, Stills & Nash legend is selling his music like Bob Dylan – but says he's doing so as he has no other financial choice
News Genius partners with Instagram to launch Lyric Reels Collaboration marks the first official video annotation integration on Genius.com
News MBMB Publishing joins independent licensing agency IMPEL MBMB is the independent publishing arm of UK dance label Cr2 Records
Interviews How East Goes Global is turning US and UK artists into social media stars in China Andrew Spalter explains how, with the right tools, China offers a vast audience to many Western artists
News Dutch collecting society Buma/Stemra and APRA AMCOS ink Pan Asian multi-territory licensing deal APRA AMCOS will represent Buma/Stemra’s repertoire via its Pan Asian Multi-Territory Licensing (PAL) hub
Analysis Blog Why the music industry must think big about livestreaming: ‘Could an artist following in Freddie Mercury’s footsteps execute the same call-and-response with an internet audience?’ The CEO of Kiswe, which provided the tech for BTS' record-breaking digital concert earlier this year, on the future of shows in screens
News Nigeria-based music streaming service uduX, licensed by all three majors, partners with telco MTN, which has over 60m subscribers in the market Deal will see MTN subscribers gain access to discounted data bundles for accessing content
News Greg Dorfman promoted to Executive Vice President, Promotion for Elektra Music Group He most recently served as EMG’s Senior Vice President of Alternative Promotion
News Deezer teams with European telco A1 Telekom to launch new co-branded streaming service, A1 Xplore Music, across Eastern Europe and Austria New service will be available to around 8.5m A1 customers in Austria, Slovenia and Bulgaria
News Naomi Asher joins Sony/ATV as Vice President, Neighbouring Rights, UK & International Exec will be responsible for managing the company’s Neighbouring Rights division
News Universal buys Bob Dylan publishing rights, acquiring catalog worth hundreds of millions of dollars Expert industry sources tells MBW that Dylan's catalog would command a pricetag somewhere in the region of $250m to $400m in the current frothy music rights M&A marketplace
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."