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
Blog ‘Vinyl is magical, my collection will forever be my pride and joy, but it has many parallels with the NFT experience.’ This MBW op/ed comes from Australian tech entrepreneur Max Shand, founder of music tech company Serenade
News TIDAL to launch user-centric royalties system and direct-to-artist payments TIDAL makes raft of announcements around membership tiers and artist payments
News TuneCore launches service for DIY artists to distribute music to social platforms like TikTok and Instagram Company has introduced a new service for artists to distribute music directly into music libraries of social media platforms
Analysis Blog Wax on, wax off: unblocking the great vinyl logjam Columnist Eamonn Forde's 12-point checklist to fix the vinyl backlog
News What will be the aftermath of Travis Scott’s Astroworld? And is Vevo the major labels’ secret weapon? Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Trends, the weekly podcast from Music Business Worldwide