News Proposed US bill would allow indie artists to negotiate collectively with streaming services, AI companies The Protect Working Musicians Act of 2023 was introduced on Tuesday (September 19)
Interviews News As Rema crosses 1bn Spotify streams, Mavin Records boss Don Jazzy says there’s ‘no ceiling for what he can go on to achieve’ Mavin Records founder Don Jazzy on his predictions for Afrobeats and for Rema following his new streaming milestone...
Interviews Lucas Keller on ambition, songwriters, BMI – and what he’d do if he ran a major record company As Milk & Honey turns 10 years old, company founder Lucas Keller joins MBW's World's Greatest Managers series. He has some views...
News Bryan Castellani appointed Chief Financial Officer for Warner Music Group Exec has spent more than two decades at The Walt Disney Company, most recently as CFO for Disney Entertainment & ESPN
Analysis From Hipgnosis’ catalogs sale proposal to DistroKid’s Bandzoogle acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Five of the biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
Interviews Denis Ladegaillerie on AI, streaming royalty models, Believe’s game plan… and more The Believe founder and CEO joins MBW's Tim Ingham on the latest Music Business Worldwide podcast
News Motown songwriting legend Ron Miller’s family in legal fight over royalties Ron Miller is known for having penned a number of Top 10 hits. His songs have been recorded by Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, The Temptations and even Justin Bieber
News Alison Dannenberg-Frost appointed Vice President, Film & TV Creative at Peermusic Exec joined peermusic in 2014
Interviews How Mewo.io plans to ‘revolutionize’ the sync music sourcing process using its AI-powered music search platform France headquartered Mewo is a catalog management platform with an AI-assisted search engine
News Rough Trade expands independent music retail business into Germany Rough Trade Retail is part of the wider Rough Trade brand, which also includes Rough Trade Records
News Hipgnosis’ Blackstone fund set to spend $440m buying 29 catalogs from Hipgnosis’ UK-listed fund; competitors have 40 days to try and outbid its offer. Public fund is also looking to sell another 20,000 songs acquired from Kobalt Capital for $25 million
Analysis Universal and Deezer’s ‘artist-centric’ model isn’t shocking. It emulates tech’s most successful titans. Yes, we're talking about it again. Why? Not enough people have connected the dots to Silicon Valley.
News Believe says it’s distributed €700 million in royalties in APAC region, as it marks 10th anniversary of expansion into Asia Believe's strategy is to focus on developing local artists in China, India and Southeast Asia.
Analysis News Concord is ready to pay $468.8m to buy Round Hill’s UK fund. How did it reach that price? MBW gets out its calculator to pore over Citrin Cooperman's numbers