News J. Erving’s distribution & services firm Human Re Sources expands into the UK Amal Omari and Matt Ott appointed A&R and Vice President of Creator Services, respectively
News The Beatles merch finds new home at Sony Music’s The Thread Shop in North America First wave of merchandise will be introduced with a Beatles pop-up store in New York from December 11-22
News Tencent invests $2bn in ByteDance rival Kuaishou – report Short-form video firm is reportedly close to completing a $3 billion-pre-IPO funding round
News Electronic music giant ID&T appoints Edo van Duijn as Music Director Exec has over 20 years of experience in the industry
News German PRO GEMA buys majority stake in digital distributor Zebralution that ‘secures our future viability’ “By taking a stake in Zebralution, GEMA has made a targeted investment that secures its future viability."
News Spotify now has an actual Head of Hits, as Ned Monahan joins from Interscope Monahan appears to be essentially succeeding Mike Biggane at streaming firm
News Genius sues Google for ‘no less than $50m’, alleging ‘anticompetitive practices’ over lyrics Lawsuit was filed in New York on Tuesday (December 3)
News Spinal Tap’s UMG case might be over, but Vivendi is not off the hook yet Case against StudioCanal 'seeks hundreds of millions of dollars in compensatory and punitive damages'
Interviews VEVO 10: ‘When we talk about our audience to advertisers, it solves a problem for them’ Kevin McGurn on the evolution of monetizing music video
News Jeff Vaughn leaves APG to join Capitol Music Group, starting January 1 next year "Jeff has forged strong relationships within the artist community and has proven time and time again that he knows how to work with talent to create hit records."
News Warner Music Group ups Jon Glass to Head of Digital Legal Affairs He was with Sony Music Entertainment in Business & Legal Affairs, Global Digital Business
News AWAL signs worldwide recordings deal with girl in red Norwegian Singer-Songwriter inks deal for debut LP
News Liv Lyons joins Lee & Thompson music team as Senior Associate Lyons was previously at Simons Muirhead & Burton LLP
News Are TikTok and Bytedance about to become a real problem for Spotify? Three reasons why Bytedance's new service may pose a real threat to the world's No.1 audio streaming platform
News Hipgnosis acquires Fraser T. Smith catalog including Adele, Stormzy hits Hipgnosis has acquired 100% of Fraser T. Smith’s worldwide writer share of performance income of the catalog, which comprises 298 songs.
Interviews ‘My goal is to have 250,000 songs and be worth $1 billion.’ Jon Singer talks MBW through the management buyout – and the future – of Spirit Music Group
Interviews ‘Defected is not a record label anymore. We’re much more than that.’ Simon Dunmore offers a glimpse into the unquestionably iconic world of Defected as it celebrates its 20th anniversary
News VEVO ARTISTS TO WATCH 2020: Sports Team, Vitão, NSG, Beba, No Rome MBW has once again partnered with Vevo to showcase the company's carefully curated Artists To Watch