News South African music industry veteran Chris Ghelakis dies, aged 70 Ghelakis founded Electromode in 2001, which was acquired in 2021 by Universal-owned Ingrooves (now Virgin Music Group)
News Karol G is the ‘Most Watched Artist’ on Vevo globally for the third consecutive year, with 4.7bn views in 2023 Taylor Swift claimed the title of Vevo's ‘Most Watched Artist’ in the US for 2023 with 649.5m views
News Apple Music could pay artists more for streams of songs produced in Spatial Audio (report) Spatial Audio is fast becoming a mainstream proposition
News O2 Arena and Hammersmith Apollo owners join €300m bidding race for See Tickets (report) See Tickets owner Vivendi is looking for as much as €300 million for the UK-headquartered ticketing company.
News Cher makes metaverse debut as Warner Music and Gamefam launch festive Roblox event WMG joined a $520m Series H investment round in Roblox Corp back in January 2021
Interviews ‘Young Africans are finding their voices. More artists want to be African Giants that are Made in Lagos.’ MBW’s World Leaders series meets Lanre Masha, Director, West Africa at the Orchard
News Lil Durk sued by fintech startup for $12m over alleged ‘fraud’ Exceed Talent Capital says Lil Durk sold them the rights to one of his songs, despite another party owning those rights
Music Business Jobs MERLIN Merlin – Marketing Coordinator – Contract (US) Required: Minimum 2 years’ experience working with music labels, distributors, artist services companies, music rights organizations, or digital music companies in a similar capacity (internships included)Job type: Marketing/Digital MarketingLocation: New York, United StatesApplications for this position have now closed.
News Lucas Thomashow launches JV with Sony Music, Santa Anna and LISTEN TO THE KIDS Exec is a former Senior Vice President of Avex USA
News Sona, founded by DJ TOKiMONSTA, launches Web3 music streaming platform after raising $6.9m in seed round The company's business model offers a new way for artists to monetize their work and connect with fans
Music Business Jobs Armada Armada Music – A&R Manager (NL) Must know how record labels operate, especially in terms of product marketing, business occasions, A&R administration and moreJob type: A&R/CreativeLocation: Amsterdam, NetherlandsApplications for this position have now closed.
Interviews Jack Antonoff talks Taylor Swift, AI, his new management – and how to avoid deals with the devil MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series meets Jack Antonoff, one of the most successful songwriters of the modern age...
News Warner Music Group and The Sandbox are launching a ‘90s-inspired video game celebrating The Notorious B.I.G. Breakin' B.I.G. is a 2D arcade-style game that is set in a Brooklyn neighborhood in the ‘90s
News beatBread reports that songs by its funded artists and indie labels have been streamed over 10bn times in 2023 "Our mission is to speed up the music industry’s transition to creator independence," CEO Peter Sinclair says.