News Tracy Maddux appointed Interim CEO at beatBread Exec is a the former CEO of CD Baby and ex-Chief Commercial Officer of Downtown Music Holdings
News Baby Shark creator Pinkfong’s shares soar, fall back to earth in stock market debut The company that made a fortune in preschooler content now aims for an audience of older kids and teens
Analysis On… influence, music’s ‘Big Three’, and a foreseeable brain drain As a marquee executive leaves Warner Music Group, the firm's industry positioning warrants pause for thought
Interviews As SoundCloud overhauls its creator subscription model, CEO Eliah Seton says the platform is building music’s ‘next major revenue format’ Exec talks SoundCloud's strategy, the future of fan monetization
News Direct-to-fan platform EVEN strikes deal with Symphonic targeting superfans with D2C storefronts for indie artists Deal marks latest distributor partnership for D2C specialist EVEN
News Primary Wave strikes partnership for catalog, name and likeness rights, of late jazz pianist Dave Brubeck The publisher will handle marketing, branding and licensing opportunities for Brubeck’s catalog, including sync deals for film and TV projects.
News The Circuit Group launches $500m+ music investment fund backed by Create Music Group The new fund aims to bring together Circuit Group’s expertise in electronic music with CMG’s financial resources, technology and infrastructure
News Dynamite Songs acquires 150 tracks via deals with Eric Turner, John ‘$K’ McGee, TIEKS and Dan Harkna The catalogs include Tinie Tempah's "Written in the Stars," Avicii's "Broken Arrows," and Trey Songz's "Neighbors Know My Name."
News Aisha Salem-Howey named General Counsel at UAE’s Music Nation She will lead legal, regulatory and governance strategy for the company while also handling international engagement.
News Ticket resales above face value to be banned by UK government in crackdown on touts The move marks a more aggressive approach after ministers initially considered allowing resales at up to 30% above face value.
News Musixmatch launches Music Lens, an AI agent that ‘transforms’ catalogs into ‘actionable insights’ for publishers, labels, and creators Musixmatch's new AI-powered Music Lens tool is 'built for - not on - the industry'
News Mushroom Music inks sub-publishing deal with peermusic for Americas peermusic will handle copyright registration, royalty collection, sync licensing and creative opportunities for Mushroom's roster of songwriters.
Interviews Meet BTS label boss Seon Jeong Shin, the exec guiding the superstar K-pop group’s ‘unprecedented’ return MBW’s World Leaders series meets Seon Jeong Shin, President of HYBE's flagship record label BIGHIT MUSIC
News Musixmatch owner seized on rival’s Russia connection in Spotify talks, alleges court filing Dispute may relate to LyricFind's historical provision of lyric services to Russian service, VKontakte
News Fresh from Clipse Grammy shortlist triumph, Roc Nation Distribution unveils ‘cutting-edge’ new artist platform The new dashboard 'democratizes access to tools and information historically reserved for the very few established label superstars'
Analysis On… Spotify’s billion-dollar pricing opportunity The following article originally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest ‘Tim’s Take’ email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.
News Paul McCartney adds track to vinyl version of ‘silent’ album protesting UK AI copyright law proposal Profits from sales of the album donated to the charity, Help Musicians
News TIDAL opens direct uploads for indie artists, but tracks won’t earn royalties TIDAL is launching a contest that will award $100,000 each for 10 artists whose work get playlisted among TIDAL Upload's headliners.