Music Business News: United States
Analysis The following MBW op/ed comes from Bobby Bickley & Ewan Bloor, Data Scientists at Beatdapp Interviews Spotify's Global Head Of Music talks us through the tracks that have shaped and inspired him throughout his life and career to date News Sony Music Group is forming a music rights-buying joint venture with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC Pte. News The new project seeks to provide artists and IP owners a way to launch, test and scale consumer products globally without holding inventory. News RUN says it has already deployed 'tens of millions of dollars in capital to hundreds of artists across five continents' News Aouad will support GoldState's 'growth equity strategy within the global music ecosystem' News Schoenfeld succeeds Stuart Rosen, who will continue as Senior Legal Advisor until June 30, 2026 News The streaming giant has hailed the figure as "the largest annual payment to music from any retailer in history".