News Karen Vincent elevated to General Manager of Warner Music Denmark The 25-year veteran of the music industry most recently served as Warner Music Denmark's Marketing Director
News Lina Tebbs named Director, UK Production Music at Warner Chappell Music Tebbs will aim to reinvigorate the Production Music team by exploring new approaches to cater to Warner Chappell's extensive catalog
Interviews ‘The best music managers wear 65 hats and are experts in all of them.’ Blaike Ford discusses her time at Spotify when the streaming giant was a start-up and her self-defined role at Range Media Partners where she is looking to make a similarly seismic impact
News Natasha Billing named SVP, Commercial and Data Insight at Warner Music UK; Nick Allum upped to VP, Data and Insight Warner says the new appointments are meant to elevate the quality of service provided to labels and partners
News Downtown, Hipgnosis and NMPA rally behind Universal Music Group in its fight with TikTok Andrew Bergman, David Israelite, Merck Mercuriadis all publicly support UMG's position
Analysis News From Universal’s feud with TikTok to YouTube Music’s 100m subscribers… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
News Sony Music Publishing UK appoints ZaZa Kazadi, Adrienne Bookbinder, Nasra Artan to senior A&R roles The new appointments come some two months after Sony Music Publishing UK reshuffled its A&R department
Music Business Jobs Partisan Records Partisan Records – Product Manager (UK) Must have a minimum 3 years music marketing experience, and a thorough understanding of the ever-evolving music marketing landscapeJob type: OperationsLocation: London, United KingdomApplications for this position have now closed.
Analysis TikTok’s biggest headache in its fight with Universal Music Group is UMG’s publishing catalog (and 2 other observations on the feud the whole music industry is talking about) What's really going on behind the scenes of music's big Grammy Week fall-out
News USTR’s ‘Notorious Markets’ Report doesn’t mention AI-voice cloning, despite RIAA’s efforts The USTR report identifies a 'complex ecosystem' of online services that enable digital piracy
News Confirmed: Universal Music Group’s music will be removed by TikTok in the coming days TikTok spokesperson says platform is "sad and disappointed" by UMG statement from earlier today
Interviews The music industry is changing. Thomas Coesfeld is busy preparing BMG for what’s next. The BMG boss discusses the sweeping changes he's made at the Bertelsmann-owned company – and the future of music
News BMG partners with Technical University of Munich to create AI-driven music marketing campaigns Thanks to AI, BMG is now able to process royalties 10 times faster than it could previously, and track music 50% faster
News With India in the running to overtake the US as the biggest music streaming market (by volume), Believe swoops for local ‘powerhouse’ catalog Believe has also acquired WHM's YouTube channel
Analysis With ‘superfans’ in their eyes, could the major record companies now rally behind Spotify in its ‘app tax’ battle with Apple? Why a careful balancing act is required by the majors as their own priorities become entangled in Spotify and Apple's fight