News Paul Haagenson named President of Bruce Allen Talent, as company’s Founder transitions to Chairman Haagenson is a former President of Live Nation Canada
News France-based music rights management firm 22D Music buys stake in indie publishing company Velvetica Music Deal marks 'the merger of two highly complementary players in the French music publishing industry.'
News Germany’s Bamboo Artists expands into the US, launches in-house brand partnerships unit Bamboo is expanding into the US under the leadership of Nils Gums as General Manager USA
News TikTok nabs exclusive livestream of Ed Sheeran performance for superfans in New York The TikTok LIVE campaign will see Sheeran performing in front of an audience of his superfans in New York.
News From JYP’s AI artist venture to UMG’s Downtown deal inquiry pause… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days – all in one place
News Monti Olson rejoins BMG to lead Music Publishing operations in North America; will ‘drive new signings and catalog acquisitions’ Olson most recently served as President (founding partner) of Litmus Music
News Court allows LyricFind’s antitrust lawsuit against Musixmatch to go forward LyricFind's lawsuit alleges that Musixmatch's exclusive deal to provide and sub-license Warner Chappell Music lyrics violates US antitrust law
Analysis On… The China Paradox This article originally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest MBW+ Review email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.
News Jordi Tello named Managing Director of Iberia for Sony Music Publishing Tello steps in at SMP Iberia, backed by a decade-plus of music industry success
News Big Machine Label Group bolsters international team as Nashville-headquartered company celebrates 20th year BMLG reveals series of promotions and a new hire within its international division
News Symphonic expands in Puerto Rico, partnering with High Ground Music, and hiring Victor Roque in LATAM role The partnership brings Symphonic's distribution platform together with HGM's 'creative vision, fast-release strategy, and artist-first development model'
News Warner Chappell renews global publishing deal with superstar Kacey Musgraves Eight-time Grammy winner Musgraves has had a relationship with Warner Chappell since she began writing songs for the publisher at the age of 21
News EU pauses probe into Universal’s $775m Downtown deal EC has reportedly 'stopped the clock' on the investigation as it awaits requested information
News Cindy Gu appointed General Manager of Southeast Asia for Virgin Music Group Gu comes to Virgin from Fabled Records and has a long portfolio of hits counting billions of streams
News A concert took place every 137 seconds across the UK in 2024, as live music spend in the market jumped 9.5% to $7.2bn, according to new report Music fans shifted some spending from festivals to one-off concerts, industry group LIVE noted
News Anthropic’s value balloons to $183bn after securing $13bn in latest funding round Anthropic’s valuation has grown from $61.5 billion following a $3.5 billion funding round in March.
Analysis When rebellion becomes risk: Negotiating morality in music catalog deals The following op/ed comes from Claire Hoffman, an associate at Michelman & Robinson, LLP
News JYP Entertainment is hiring for AI and Unreal Engine experts to develop an ‘unprecedented’ virtual K-pop artist JYP is hiring staff with expertise in artificial intelligence, motion graphics and more