Interviews ‘If you worry about what everybody else is doing, forget it – that’s not the key to success’ As part of MBW's World's Greatest Managers series, Deborah Kline discusses revitalising and empowering 'under-serviced' established artists
News FADER Label launches distribution division Division is working with five artists: Kim Tee, Origami Human, Eddie Burns, Pauli The PSM and Slaters
News Kobalt is shorn, reborn… and still full of scorn (for those who keep money from songwriters) Willard Ahdritz and Laurent Hubert explain Kobalt's sell-offs, and why they're coming for collection society wastage
Analysis Blog Latin Grammys cap a blockbuster year for Latin Music Research and revenues highlight music’s fastest growing genre
News Sony Music partners with children’s brand Pinkfong to launch Baby Shark NFT collection Baby Shark is the world’s most viewed video in YouTube history
News Adele-vision: getting back from the brink of the new class system in music TV Columnist Eamonn Forde on the different approaches to music programming on terrestrial TV and streaming...
News A2IM renews contract of CEO Richard James Burgess, makes raft of promotions Lisa Hresko upped to General Manager and Sheryl Cohen to Head of Strategic Planning
News Leila Oliveira promoted to General Manager of Warner Music Brazil Oliveira will have oversight of the company’s A&R, marketing and business development functions
News Phebe Hunnicutt appointed SVP, International, Warner Recorded Music Hunnicutt joins from hayu, the subscription-based video streaming service owned by NBC Universal International
Interviews ‘We are taking Afrobeats to the world.’ In the latest in MBW's World Leaders interview series, we speak to Don Jazzy, founder of Nigeria-based Mavin Records
News Record labels really, really don’t like a new Bill that could – eventually – change how artists get paid in the UK Kevin Brennan MP has published a draft of his recommendations for UK politicians... and the labels don't like it one bit
Interviews For a fund with over $1bn to spend on music rights, Tempo is rather quiet. It likes things that way. Tempo CEO Josh Empson explains his Providence-owned fund's strategy in the music business
News Noah Sheer promoted to Executive Vice President and Head of Promotion at Def Jam Recordings Sheer will oversee and head up the radio promotion team at a national level
News Quincy Jones-backed platform OneOf to auction unreleased Whitney Houston recording as an NFT OneOf raised $63m in a seed round in May from prominent tech and music industry veterans
News Spotify launches real-time lyrics for all Free and Premium users globally Feature has been launched in partnership with Lyrics provider Musixmatch