News BMG acquires Asia-Pacific production music firm Big Bang & Fuzz BBF focuses on sub-publishing international catalogues
News Tunji Balogun launches label JV with RCA Records, as he’s promoted to EVP of A&R Keep Cool co-founded alongside Courtney Stewart, Jon Tanners and Jared Sherman
News Downtown acquires 2,000+ copyrights from Major Bob Music Publisher acquires songs by artists including Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett, Jon Pardi and LeAnn Rimes
News After Spotify’s NYSE debut, another music streaming service mulls stock exchange flotation Qobuz says it will consider move following new funding round
News Will Spotify launch its first hardware product this month? Streaming service to make an announcement on April 24th
News MBW just had its biggest month yet Site attracted approximately 575,000 page views in March, with email subscriptions now above 40,000
Analysis How much will artists get paid from the major labels’ Spotify profits? Sony Corp just gave us a precious hint into the amount of money about to hit the artist community
News Downtown signs global deal with country-folk legend John Prine Deal covers over 230 compositions from Prine's songbook across a near 50-year career
News Beatport acquires Pulselocker assets to create ‘next generation’ DJ streaming service DJ streaming site Pulselocker shuttered in 2017
News Here’s what the major labels are doing to fix their gender pay gaps 'Our current gender pay gap numbers make starkly clear the need for us to accelerate the pace of change within our company'
Analysis The music business’s gender pay gap is embarrassing and uncomfortable. It’s time for change. MBW Contributing Editor, Rhian Jones, gives her take on the news
News Men make up 65% of top earners at PRS For Music in the UK Average rate of pay across whole company is 17.2% lower for females vs. males
News Music Sales is now a pureplay publisher with $50m+ in the bank, after selling books and retail business 'Our focus is [now] on expanding our rights business in all territories'
News Sony Music sold 17.2% of its shares in Spotify yesterday, worth $250m+ Major continues to hold just under 5% of stock in Spotify, says Sony Corp
News Live Nation’s gender pay gap is 46% in the UK Another major music company posts their figures from April 2017
News Here’s what major labels are paying women compared to men in the UK Universal, Sony and Warner's numbers have been revealed
News Music Week owner acquired by Future PLC for $13.8m Deal price believed to be less than NewBay paid for Intent Media five years ago
News Sony’s stake in Spotify worth $1.5bn, as streaming company finishes opening day on NYSE with $26.5bn valuation Spotify valuation slips 9.8% from opening trade - but Daniel Ek will be happy