News Robby Hoffman joins Primary Wave talent management division Company’s roster of management clients includes Melissa Etheridge, Cypress Hill, CeeLo Green and more
News Songtradr buys AI metadata and music search company, Musicube Musicube uses neural networks and proprietary artificial intelligence
News Tim Blacksmith and Danny D awarded for services to music in Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours Tim Blacksmith and Danny D receive MBEs for services to music
Analysis News The major labels face an uphill battle for streaming market share. Here’s how they might fight back. The majors and Merlin have lost 10% of market share on Spotify in the past four years. What are they going to do about it?
News Ben Kline and Cris Lacy named Co-Presidents of Warner Music Nashville, as John Esposito transitions to Chairman Emeritus role Warner Music Nashville reveals leadership shakeup
News From The Weeknd’s ‘crypto powered’ tour to BeatStars’ $200m paid out to creators: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News Carol Ding appointed Senior Vice President & Head of Digital and Commercial at Universal Music Greater China Exec will be based in Beijing
News Spotify launches music career advice platform it says is ‘like an artist manager in your pocket’ New interactive career advice portal is called 'In Focus'
News B2B music firm Tuned Global to power Gabb Music streaming app for kids in the US App is powered by Tuned Global’s white-label streaming technology
News Music-for-retail company Vibenomics raises $12.3m in Series B Funding Round was led by Panoramic Ventures
News TIYA, a social audio platform and Clubhouse rival with 20m downloads, integrates Spotify into its app 'Our users now have another tool to socialize and share their lifestyles and interests,' said James Lin, CEO of TIYA
News BTS break record for ‘biggest show of the year’ on Apple Music 1 with debut episode of ‘BTS Radio’ Three-episode limited series will air weekly leading up to the release of new album on 10 June
News Sujata Murthy promoted to Executive Vice President of Media & Artist Relations at Universal Music Enterprises Murthy will also work closely with artists, managers and estates across UMG’s roster
Interviews ‘Being straightforward and honest, not skirting around the issue, always yields the best results – and an understanding artist’ Adam Alpert on the rise of The Chainsmokers, the potential of Dove Cameron, hard work, good times and the future of the industry
News As Bad Bunny smashes Apple Music records, his manager Noah Assad says Latin Music will ‘keep growing’ Bad Bunny broke the record for the highest first-week streams worldwide for a Latin album in Apple Music history