Music Business News: Europe

Barry McKee, Warner Chappell Music UK’s Head of Administration, passes away, aged 59

McKee had worked at WCM for more than 30 years

Sweden’s Pophouse is investing in music rights, as it adds Airbnb and EQT execs to its board

Powell is currently the Global Head of Hosting at Airbnb, while Alexandra Lutz is partner at investment firm EQT

Samantha Tzovolos appointed Managing Director at Eventim Live Asia

Mike Galt also appointed Senior Vice President of Touring for Asia

Applications reopen for The Richard Antwi Scholarship in London

Scholarship is funded by all three UK major record labels

SoundCloud’s annual revenues topped $218m in 2020 – and it’s been making bold moves ever since

MBW gets our hands on SoundCloud's results from 2020, and they reveal a 31% annual rise in revenues

Spotify and Amazon each considering takeover bids for UK podcast firm Audioboom (report)

Audioboom's shows are downloaded more than 116m times each month

Music licensing company PPL reached a record $128m in international collections last year

Since 2006 PPL has collected nearly £700m ($951m) of international revenue.

Sony Music’s $430m buyout of AWAL provisionally cleared by UK competition watchdog

UK’s Competition and Markets Authority gives provisional decision – and it's good news for Sony