News SESAC launches $1m diversity mentorship and grant program for film composers Fund will be used for educational programming and composer workshops
News Apple Music poaches Radio 1Xtra Editor Ryan Newman Move comes two years after Austin Daboh left for Spotify
Analysis News Songwriters got screwed by the Spotify equity bonanza. The industry has to ask itself questions. Writers aren't getting any money from Spotify stock sales. Is that okay?
News Kobalt’s AWAL acquires radio promo company in2une in2une Music has also worked with Lauv, The Lumineers and Calvin Harris
News Live Nation elects Dana Walden and Ping Fu to Board of Directors Duo become only two women on Live Nation's board
Interviews ’As a manager, if you want something for your client, you have to be really bullish.’ Vector Management's Ken Levitan on his life and the industry today
News 83% of people who pirate music, film and TV tried to find it legally first, says survey "There is a prevailing myth that streaming services have killed piracy, but unfortunately this just isn't the case."
News SONGS founder Matt Pincus now advising Snapchat, working with LionTree SONGS founder announces his two new part-time gigs
News Facebook launches Musical.ly rival as it finally welcomes licensed music to user videos 'With Lip Sync Live, you can express yourself with music from a variety of genres in real time'
News Sony/ATV: We’ll share Tencent equity profits with our songwriters MBW revealed that publisher is an equity holder yesterday
News Sony Music strikes global JV deal with ex-Empire exec Jonathan Master 'Jonathan Master is a forward-thinking entrepreneur, talent developer and marketer with a strong vision for building artist careers'
News Sony/ATV owns a stake in Tencent Music Entertainment Universal-owned EMI Group and Sony-owned EMI Music Publishing also have stakes
News SoundCloud CEO Kerry Trainor: ‘We’re in a much clearer place now.’ SoundCloud CEO Kerry Trainor joins the MBW Podcast to discuss the platform's trajectory
News Universal Music UK posted £10.6m operating profit last year, spent £15.7m on acquisitions Revenues jumped 9% to more than £344.3m
Interviews ‘There is a grim determination required to make it in the music business.’ Jimmy Webb is the latest in our World's Greatest Songwriters series
News Official: Spotify’s Tuma Basa joins YouTube as Director of Urban Music Exec joined Spotify in 2015 and grew RapCaviar to more than 9m followers
News Spotify officially scraps ‘hateful conduct’ policy 'Across all genres, our role is not to regulate artists. Therefore, we are moving away from implementing a policy around artist conduct.'