News Twitch strikes deal with music publishers According to the NMPA, Twitch will provide "new opportunities" to music publishers
News Saban Music Group strikes strategic partnership with Reggaeton star Don Omar Don Omar has over 17.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify
Analysis Blog Merck Mercuriadis: ‘None of us should be able to sleep in good conscience at night until the true value of the songwriters’ contributions to this business are recognized.’ Merck Mercuriadis responds to criticism of his views regarding the major record companies and publishers
Interviews Hartwig Masuch thinks the music industry is putting too much of its money in the wrong places. The BMG boss opens up on frontline vs catalog investment, and much more
News Premier League football club Wolverhampton Wanderers teams with Warner’s ADA to launch record label in the UK Legendary music manager Peter Rudge has joined the label as a strategic consultant
News FUGA rolls out spatial audio support and automated delivery to Apple Music FUGA is a Preferred Plus partner on Apple Music
News The A&R Awards 2021: The finalists revealed! Full list of finalists revealed ahead of sold-out November 9 event in London
News Martin Bandier, SESAC’s John Josephson, and Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures join $5m funding round for blockchain streaming service Audius The Chainsmokers, Nas, Jason Derulo and Pusha T also invest in platform
Analysis Would AWAL really have thrived had it not been sold to Sony Music? MBW crunches the numbers on AWAL, and asks if the UK competition watchdog is looking in the right direction
News Warner Music South Africa acquires local independent label Coleske Coleske is the largest independent label focusing on Afrikaans repertoire
Interviews ‘TikTok is running everything.’ Frank Harris on how Jason Derulo reinvented himself on TikTok - and the keys to building a billion dollar brand
News Spotify Rival Anghami partners with Amazon to give Prime members in Saudi Arabia and UAE 6 months Anghami Plus for free Prime members in Saudi Arabia and the UAE will receive a free six-month subscription to Anghami Plus
News US recorded music revenues grew $1.5bn in H1 2021 compared to the first half of last year Streaming accounted for 84% of total revenues for the period
News Tim Dadson promoted to General Counsel at SoundExchange, Brieanne Jackson upped to Deputy General Counsel Colin Rushing stepping down as Chief Legal Officer
Analysis News Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, Spotify, and the destruction of the all-dominant streaming superstar What the performance of Drizzy's new studio record tells us about a growing trend in the music business