News Wasserman expands into Germany, hires Kai Burkhard and Sebastian Birwe as Senior Vice Presidents, DACH New office will be located in Düsseldorf
News Dell Furano, co-founder of Epic Rights, dies aged 71 Furano was a legendary music industry, concert merchandising, and brand management executive
News Sony Music’s AWAL buyout raises competition concerns in the UK, says watchdog Deal could lead to worse terms for artists and less innovation in the music sector, says UK regulator
News Kanye West hits 775m streams in Donda’s first week… as Drake smashes his own Spotify record A look at the streaming numbers from two blockbuster albums released last week
Interviews ‘I don’t expect artists to have their s**t organized. That’s what I’m here for.’ Wassim 'Sal' Slaiby on his upbringing in Lebanon, arriving in Canada – and an amazing career in music
News Tamaki Yamashita named Director of SPACE SHOWER FUGA, as joint venture opens for business in Japan First announced in December 2020, the JV adds 15 Japanese DSPs to FUGA’s network of DSPs across APAC
News Bill Ackman: Universal and Warner are both under-valued… but UMG’s the right bet for us Billionaire investor explains his rationale for paying nearly $4 billion for 10% of Universal Music Group
News From Universal Music impressing investors to Olivia Rodrigo giving credit where it’s due: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The news that mattered this week – and why it mattered
News TuneCore, which paid out over $400m to indie artists last year, has a new CEO: Andreea Gleeson Gleeson joined TuneCore in 2015, the same year it was acquired by Believe
Analysis Blog Concerts have been pummelled by the pandemic. These should be the live music industry’s golden rules for the next year. Columnist and author Eamonn Forde sets out his manifesto for post-lockdown concerts
News China is banning music that ‘insults or defames others’ in its 50,000 karaoke venues New crackdown on offensive music coming in October as market's industry power keeps growing
News Universal Music Group inks exclusive global music deal with CoComelon company Moonbug UMG will provide worldwide distribution, publishing and licensing for the Moonbug Music label
News UnitedMasters is now offering $1m advances to indie artists, plus real-time streaming royalty pay-outs Steve Stoute's company teams with beatBread and Paperchain to up its game in the world of financial tools
Interviews ‘Nobody will out-work me and nobody will out-care me; they won’t do it, they can’t do it.’ Chris Kappy talks about managing Luke Combs from half-empty bars to the top of the charts
Interviews ‘We always put the songwriter at the centre of everything we do – globally.’ It’s a new era for Sony Music Publishing, with a global rebrand from the historic Sony/ATV name. Here, the leaders of Sony Music Publishing UK explain why the name change is symptomatic of a wider transformation...