News From the rise of catalog music to Europe’s new big money SPAC: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News Major record companies hammered by UK politicians’ streaming inquiry report DCMS report recommends British competition authority investigates majors, MBW is told
Interviews ‘Partnership deals are the future of the music business.’ Sarah Scott, Managing Partner of LaPolt Law, discusses artist and label partnership deals, contractual pitfalls, and the advice she’d offer to a younger version of herself
News Maneskin end Olivia Rodrigo’s 7 week run at No.1 on Spotify’s Weekly Global Top 200 chart The band's Four Seasons cover Beggin' hit No.1 on Spotify's Weekly Top 200 Global Chart
News My Sweet Lorde: Are Plagiarism Cases Getting… Gentler? Eamonn Forde notes that more recent accusations of copycatting in music have ended cordially
News Could this technology, built by a Grammy-winning producer, blow up music’s ‘black box’ once and for all? SonicData believes its watermarking technology solves music's metadata problems
News Sony Music backs new Oasis documentary, produced by Noel and Liam Gallagher The film, Oasis Knebworth 1996, will be financed and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment
Blog News Universal Music Africa and superstar French rapper Booba expand exclusive distribution deal, launch new label Deal will see the artist's entire catalog available for the first time across the African continent
News TikTok rival YouTube Shorts expands beta into over 100 countries YouTube Shorts is launching a new set of features
News Portishead release ABBA SOS cover as SoundCloud exclusive via platform’s fan-powered royalties system Release marks the first time the track will be commercially available on a major streaming platform
Interviews ‘We want to be as transparent as possible, and as global as possible.’ Sony Music Publishing's Johnny Tennander on staying creative, and running the firm's Scandinavian company during a pandemic
News Rolling Stone to launch in the UK Stream Publishing has signed an exclusive licensing deal with Penske Media Corporation (PMC) to launch the brand in the UK
News Chris Brown sued for alleged copyright infringement by UK music publisher Greensleeves Publishing sues US superstar and Sony Music
News Shamrock just raised $196m to loan music and entertainment rights-holders money Fund targets owners of entertainment IP across the film, television, games, sports media rights and other content sectors, including music
News Hipgnosis has 36 songs in Spotify’s billion-plus streaming club… and more stats from the firm’s annual report Merck Mercuriadis states that, "Music has gone from being a discretionary or luxury purchase to very much being a utility."