News New Apple Music for Business service launches New service has already been tested in Harrods stores, reports the Wall Street Journal
News ‘There’s a dance music revolution taking place in Asia’: Spinnin’ Records expands into region Warner and Spinnin' take on Sony/Tencent JV, Liquid State, with dance-focused move
Analysis Spotify Needs To Make A Decision About Its Future, Based On Whether It Actually Believes Its Own Mission Statement The streaming company's acquisitions may have to change shape, argues Cherie Hu
News Kobalt Music signs mxmtoon to global publishing deal Rising bedroom pop star Inks deal on the back of more than 300m streams
News David Weitzman joins Primary Wave – with access to a $500m-plus acquisition fund Weitzman joins Primary Wave from Anthem Entertainment Group, which was formerly called ole
Analysis News Spotify is banking on the idea that you want it to recommend podcasts… just like it recommends new music "We know that discovery is one of the core benefits that we provide to people."
News Sony inks major licensing deal in Africa with Boomplay (and its 60m users) Chinese-owned app is currently adding around 2m users every month
News Secretly Distribution teams with Nordic tech group NoordRights to launch music company Secretly Noord Company will provide distribution, marketing and technology services & tools to Nordic labels and artists
News UPDATE: Big Machine signs off on Taylor Swift performing her hits at the AMAs… but that isn’t the end of the matter An ugly saga for Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta comes to a close
News Amazon expands free music streaming service to Apple, Android devices Amazon's free music offering was previously limited to Amazon Echo devices
News YMU Group appoints Fiona McAuley as Head of Digital, UK Music Exec was previously Senior Digital Marketing Manager at Polydor Records
News Vevo Artists To Watch 2020: Meet the first 10 MBW has once again partnered with Vevo to showcase the company's carefully curated Artists To Watch
Blog Why the music industry must have an ‘always on’ approach to AI, and new tech startups This MBW blog comes from Tanguy Giraud, COO & Program Director at Marathon Artists LABs
News Republic Records hires Mel Carter as Senior Vice President of A&R Exec joined label as an A&R Consultant in 2018
News London Stock Exchange admits Hipgnosis Songs Fund to Premium Segment of Official List Company has raised over £625 million of equity capital since IPO
News TikTok owner could launch Spotify rival next month – report Firm is in talks with labels for global licensing deals