News Social audio company Gimme Radio raises $3m Previous investors include iHeartMedia and The Orchard
News Warner Music Israel launches, headed by Mariah Mochiach Mochiach will report into Alfonso Perez-Soto, President of Emerging Markets, Warner Recorded Music
Analysis Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Music both added more paying music users than Spotify in Q1 NetEase Cloud Music added 7.8 million paying users in Q1; Tencent Music added 4.0 million
News Helen Sachdev named Chair of joint venture between PPL and PRS for Music Sachdev takes over from Teresa Robson-Capps, and will run a board that is made up of three PPL and three PRS for Music Directors
Interviews News Troy Carter’s Venice is launching an NFT-gated members’ club – offering artist services, studios, and more Troy Carter talks about the Venice Music Collective and shares his thoughts on the future of Web3 and NFTs in the music industry
Analysis Blog Music streaming has a ‘tsundoku’ problem London-based music industry journalist Eamonn Forde on the future of music streaming's subscription model
Interviews ‘Music has always been my safe haven, it kept me off the streets and it kept me dreaming big.’ Swizz Beatz discusses growing up in the South Bronx, his approach to production, working with artists and much more besides.
News Warner buys minority stake in Poland-based hip-hop concert promoter BIG Idea Deal will see the companies work together to launch new festivals
News Zach Katz joins FaZe Clan as President and COO, ahead of eSports firm’s expected $1bn SPAC merger Former BMG President teams up with Lee Trink, the one-time head of EMI Capitol
Interviews I have seen the future of music. It’s scary, and utterly brilliant. Our mind has been blown by Soundful. Yours will be, too.
Interviews ‘In country, I feel like the magic of songwriting is still very apparent and very dominant.’ MBW profiles country music writing royalty Ashley Gorley as part of our World's Greatest Songwriters series
News BMG’s latest film project is a new feature-length documentary on Marc Bolan and T. Rex U2, Elton John, David Bowie, Ringo Starr, Nick Cave, Joan Jett, and filmmaker Cameron Crowe among the cast
Analysis News Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber currently have the most monthly listeners of all artists on Spotify With just over 84 million monthly listeners, Ed Sheeran remains comfortably in the lead, despite having not released a new studio album since October 2021
News Talent management training program Music Business Academy for Africa returns for second year Led by Programme Director, Elizabeth Sobowale, the training course runs between July and November 2022