News Ian Holder and Tariq Stewart named Senior Vice Presidents of A&R at Capitol Records Capitol Records strengthens its Urban A&R leadership with new appointments
News Hipgnosis sponsors Songwriter of the Year category at MBUK Awards Long-term event supporter returns as part of the industry's most enjoyable night of the year
News Inspired by Anthropic’s $1.5B book piracy payout, record labels accuse Suno of illegally ‘stream ripping’ music from YouTube The labels are now seeking statutory damages of up to $150,000 per work infringed, as well as up to $2,500 for each act of YouTube stream ripping
News From Live Nation’s FTC lawsuit to BMG’s landmark catalog deal… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days – all in one place
News Live Nation and Ticketmaster sued by FTC over alleged ‘illegal ticket resale tactics’ The Federal Trade Commission says Ticketmaster is profiting off of allowing scalpers to breach ticket purchase limits
News Jules Parker joins MusicInfra as Chief Business Officer, as startup closes second funding round The funding round was led by MiddleGame Ventures, with participation from existing investors Raine, Snö Ventures and UTA Ventures.
News BMG acquires Jason Aldean’s recorded catalog plus tranche of other rights in $250m deal Deal brings company's total investment in music rights since the launch of Bertelsmann’s 'Boost program' in 2021 to $1.5bn+
News Jack White’s Third Man Records inks global distribution deal with Secretly Secretly Distribution will handle physical and digital distribution, retail marketing, and technology infrastructure for all upcoming Third Man Records releases.
News Atlantic Records signs Grammy-nominated artist Clairo The signing comes as Clairo’s latest album Charm spent 14 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.
News Michelle Jubelirer and Arjun Pulijal launch new venture, Soft Shock, backed by HarbourView Jubelirer is the former Chair and CEO of Capitol Music Group; Pulijal is the President of CMG
News Epidemic Sound launches AI tool that lets creators modify licensed tracks; expands artist compensation model The tool only works with “human-made music” from Epidemic Sound's existing catalog, avoiding the AI-generated content flooding other platforms.
News Sony and Spotify strike new global deals, including a direct agreement for Sony Music Publishing in the US All three majors have now inked direct publishing agreements with Spotify
Interviews Meet the new music streaming service that’s ditched algorithmic playlists… and it’s licensed by all three majors MBW's Trailblazers series meets Randy Fusee, CEO of music streaming platform Coda Music
News 1 in 3 chart-topping hits in Germany last year went viral on TikTok first, platform says TikTok is boasting that “the path to many chart successes begins" on its platform
News YouTube Music launches new tools to connect artists with superfans Features include new release countdowns and album pre-saves on YouTube Music, plus exclusive video and merch drops for top fans.
News Fred Gillham promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Concord Label Group As COO, Gillham is directly responsible for Concord’s label services teams.
News Atlantic Music Group strikes joint venture with Ricky Hil’s Limosa Nostra Records Hil's manager, Louie Reed, Founder and CEO of Welcome To The Hotel, has been appointed President of Limosa Nostra
News YouTube rolls out AI tool that can turn speech into songs for Shorts powered by Google DeepMind’s Lyria 2 music model The new tools will initially be available in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with plans to expand its rollout to more markets soon.