Music Business News: Europe

Tracklib strikes licensing deal with BANDAI NAMCO to bring anime music samples to producers

BANDAI NAMCO is also an operator of the music label Lantis

Spotify’s valuation is half the size it was a year ago. Could a Big Tech titan make a shock acquisition bid?

It couldn't really happen... could it?

Sting sells song catalog to Universal for $300m+

Sting has sold more than 100 million albums throughout his career

A new firm just raised over $100m to buy film and TV music rights – and it’s already made its first big acquisition

Catalog includes the film and TV music scores for Fantastic Beasts, the Hunger Games Trilogy, The Dark Knight, Maleficent and more

Roberto Razzini joins Sony Music Publishing as Managing Director, Italy

Razzini will be responsible for overseeing Sony Music Publishing Italy’s operations

Spotify says it can’t pay songwriters better royalty rates. It’s also spending $320 million on a Barcelona sponsorship deal.

Agreement with Spanish soccer giants expected to be announced this week

Confirmed: The 3 major music companies jointly generated over $20bn last year (that’s over $2m per hour)

MBW crunches the 2021 numbers, and discovers a banner year for music's biggest players

‘The indie versus major notion is outdated in the digital age.’

MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Marie-Anne Robert, Managing Director of Sony Music Entertainment France