News What will be music’s next blockbuster rights buyout? And what can labels learn from Scarlett Johansson? The first ever episode of MBW's weekly Talking Trends podcast goes live
Interviews Is Timbaland about to transform the music production business (again)? Gary Marella on the launch of Beatclub, and how it plans to rival the likes of Splice
Interviews Troy Carter: ‘The music industry has to change the business model; it’s as simple as that.’ The Q&A founder and ex-Spotify exec joins the MBW podcast to talk independent artists – and the future of the business
Interviews News Spice Girls, Kylie, and a Near-Death Experience: Biff Stannard talks songwriting and battling demons Biff Stannard, British pop songwriting royalty, on his life – and how he deals with his demons
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 again Hipgnosis 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