Interviews Larry Mestel: ‘I was shocked the major music companies even let us in the business.’Primary Wave CEO Larry Mestel on his company's difference – and the ultra-competitive music M&A marketplace in 2020
Interviews ‘I turn my hurt into gas, into fuel, to keep going and working harder.’Poo Bear talks about Justin Bieber, issues of race in music – and why he wants to see labels hire people who've made hits
Interviews Spotify now allows ‘tipping’. But are fan investments a better way for artists to make money from their audience?Mattias Tengblad, co-founder of Corite, joins the MBW Podcast to talk fan investment and the future
Interviews News ‘Since 2018, there’s been three crazy deals in the record business. I did two of them…’Tha Lights Global CEO, Dooney Battle, on staying independent with Lil Pump – and shunning big checks
News Merck Mercuriadis has spent over $1 billion on songs in less than 2 years… and he’s about to do it all over againHipgnosis CEO joins the MBW Podcast to talk deals, ambitions... and industry controversy
News ‘If you’re an independent artist, the world is yours. You have no boundaries.’UnitedMasters CEO and Founder, Steve Stoute, joins the MBW Podcast
Interviews Why $12m-backed Stem dumped DIY distribution – and why its founder worries about the music industry ‘making aggressive bets and being wrong’Milana Rabkin Lewis joins MBW's podcast to talk distribution, A&R and stream fraud
Interviews News Wait… Spotify is ‘suing songwriters’? What the heck is going on?"Spotify and Amazon are the bad actors - they drove the decision to appeal the [ruling]."
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
Interviews News Justin Tranter: ‘Being an artist sucks. I’m just going to be honest…’Justin Tranter, one of modern pop's go-to songwriters, tells it how it is...
Interviews ‘I hate the word “rules”. It’s the antithesis of A&R.’Warner/APG's Mike Caren on signing artists, dropping artists and breaking artists
Interviews Are music publishers getting a raw deal in the streaming age?Downtown Music Publishing founder Justin Kalifowitz joins the MBW podcast
Interviews Alan McGee on Creation, Oasis, his favourite execs… and his new labelThe independent label legend is back - and on the MBW Podcast
Interviews Daniel Glass on A&R, Apple Music, Mumfords and the majorsGlassnote founder interviewed on MBW podcast
News Nick Gatfield on A&R, the major labels and his new ventureFirst MBW Podcast available to listen to now