Interviews ‘In 2022, you have to be dynamic and good at everything.’ The co-founders of Frame Artists discuss what makes a good talent manager in the modern age – and how the music biz should evolve in the years ahead…
News Spotify’s Premium Content Strategy Director Darya Pourshasb exits, joins Justin Blau’s NFT platform Royal Pourshasb joins Royal as Head of Global Artist & Label Partnerships
News Spotify launches specialist K-Pop exec recruitment drive Candidate will join'a newly created team focused on breaking through K-Pop and K-culture driving communities'
Interviews News Amy Thomson: How I’d Fix The Music Industry In 3 Easy Steps Hipgnosis' Chief Catalog Officer, Amy Thomson, on what she thinks needs to change in today's music biz
Analysis Blog Myth-understandings: what price truth in musical memoirs? Eamonn Forde explores mythology in music biopics and documentaries
News Universal’s merch company, Bravado, appoints Epic Rights co-founder Jesper Poulsen as General Manager Poulsen was mentored by his fellow Epic Rights co-founder, Dell Furano
News Mark Jackson named Vice President, Head of Human Re Sources, Atlanta, at Human Re Sources The hiring marks the company's expansion into Atlanta
Interviews ‘For music rightsholders, Web3 is an opportunity for extraordinary growth.’ Tuned Global MD, Con Raso, tells MBW about the company's expansion into Web3, and its future plans
News Alex Kennedy named Managing Director for the UK at Believe Kennedy's appointment confirms the company's investment in the world’s 4th music market
Interviews ‘None of us internally here work on algorithms or formulas; it’s about knowing your music, understanding, trusting and believing.’ British-born Ashley Page quit the major record companies 14 years ago to launch his own management company, Page 1 Management. With clients like Joel Little and Jawsh 685, things have gone rather well since.
Interviews Behind Jack Harlow: Meet the manager guiding the Grammy-nominated star’s global success Chris Thomas talks MBW through the rise and rise of the Kentucky rapper – and the ambition to be the biggest artist on the planet
Analysis Blog Music merchandise is big business. But for touring artists, it’s callously inequitable. Eamonn Forde explores the economics of selling merch at music venues
News BMG to represent George Harrison publishing catalog via global deal Catalog comprises more than 200 songs written with the Beatles, the Traveling Wilburys and for George Harrison’s solo career.
News Amazon Music streaming prices to rise in US, UK, Canada Updated pricing will come into effect from May 5, 2022
Analysis News Once again, nearly 98% of 18-to-49-year-olds in the US didn’t watch the Grammys on Sunday The 2021 Superbowl's live TV audience was more than ten times the size of the 2022 Grammys