News Deezer plans 2020 User-Centric Payment System pilot launch – if it can get rightsholders to sign up Companies that support Deezer’s UCPS proposal so far include Because Music, Wagram Music, Play Two, Idol and others
News Believe restructures global organization to ‘accelerate artist development strategy’ Romain Becker named Group COO, Elsa Bahamonde Bourgain to lead combined Artist Services and Label & Artist Solutions
Analysis News Believe generated $800m in annual revenues in 2022, up 31.8% YoY Company's full-year financial results were published on Wednesday, March 15
Analysis News TikTok, Meta, Russia, and 37% growth: 5 things we learned from Believe’s Q3 earnings call Denis Ladegaillerie and Xavier Dumont tackle analyst questions, hinting at future trends in the business
News Some music companies are nervous about a ‘challenging economic climate’. Believe just increased its FY revenue forecast for 2022. Believe's group revenue growth in H1 was up 35.4% YoY to €352.2 million.
News Believe generated revenues of $182m in Q1, up 30.9% YoY Believe also reports that its digital revenues were up 35.3% in Q1
News Believe acquires 51% stake in French indie label Jo&Co Jo&Co founder, Sébastien Saussez, will continue managing the label
News Believe acquires 15% stake in Philippines-based Viva Music and Artists Group for $26m Company is one of the largest labels in South-East Asia
News Believe buys controlling stake in India-based label Think Music for $14.6m Believe has acquired a 76% stake in the company
News From Live Nation’s $2.7bn Q3 revenues to HYBE’s NFT joint venture: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
Interviews ‘In some ways, I think the label model as we know it is dead.’ How French company Throne Music plans to sign, innovate and partner its way to success in the States
News UK promoter to launch gigs at cricket grounds this summer Boyzone to play on August 1st at Ageas Bowl
News LEGO Group partners with Daft Punk – starting with a fan-designed set based on the duo’s 2007 Alive tour stage The design started out as a fan submission on the LEGO Ideas platform and has now been greenlit.
News House Democrats escalate probe of StubHub CEO Eric Baker, now targeting his role at ticket reseller Andro Capital Robert Garcia’s new letter, sent on October 22, addresses Eric Baker as Andro Capital’s Managing Director rather than as StubHub’s CEO.
News Three Six Zero launches Entertainment & New Media division, led by Rebecca Dowell Dowell will look to sign digital creators, multi-hyphenate creatives, and IP-based projects, according to the company.