Interviews News Karol G was Vevo’s most-viewed artist globally for the second consecutive year in 2022, with 2.76bn views 'Latin music continues to be a global sensation,' says Vevo
Analysis News SoundCloud’s revenues grew 19% YoY to $273m in 2021. Now it’s predicting that ‘fandom will be the next big format for the music business’. 2021 was the first year that SoundCloud's annual revenues topped a quarter of a billion dollars
News Universal hires former SoundCloud exec Alvaro Galbete-Velilla to develop opportunities in Web3 and the Metaverse Kristen Bender also elevated to Senior Vice President, Digital Innovation Strategy & Business Development
Interviews The Steve Cooper exit interview: ‘All successful companies get to a point where they’d benefit from fresh eyes.’ In his last ever public interview as CEO of Warner Music Group, Steve Cooper talks achievements, fears... and the future
News Atlantic’s Julie Greenwald and Craig Kallman to receive 2023 Salute To Industry Icons Honor at Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala Atlantic Records celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2023.
Analysis News Hipgnosis Songs Fund revenues climb 7.5% YoY, streaming revenues up 15.8% YoY, in most recent half-year period Positive signs for Merck Mercuriadis-led company in latest set of public figures
News K-Pop promoter Powerhouse, which has worked with BTS, BLACKPINK and MONSTA X, strikes strategic partnership with AEG Presents Company produced 15 shows for BTS’ 2018 Love Yourself US Tour in 2018
News Peter Frampton music interests acquired by BMG Peter Frampton is a Grammy award-winning, multi-Platinum-selling singer-songwriter
News Web3 music platform Public Pressure’s first NFT project rakes in $2m ‘within days’ of release NFT collection comprised 3,333 limited edition NFTs that were sold for a fixed price of $600 apiece
News Warner partners with e-commerce platform LGND.io and blockchain firm Polygon on new collectables platform LGND Music platform to launch in January 2023
News After closing $100m fund, artist funding platform beatBread expands European business, led by industry veteran Mark Terry Terry will lead the company’s expansion in the UK and Continental Europe
News deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin’s metaverse platform PIXELYNX acquired by Animoca Brands Investment follows recent reports that Animoca is launching a $2 billion metaverse fund for developers
News Dipesh Parmar named President of Columbia Records UK, Amy Wheatley appointed MD at Sony-owned label Ministry Of Sound becomes a subsidiary of Columbia Records UK as a result of the moves
News SoundCloud enters artist development JV with Kei Henderson’s Third & Hayden SoundCloud says this new JV is part of its 'roster' business
Interviews Jay Marciano on streaming, Coachella, macro-economics – and why ‘everyone’s a genius in a bull market’ The AEG Presents boss discusses the future for the live business in the face of a potential recessionary year for the wider world