News Imagine if the government gave record labels over $5m a year to spend on A&R. In Italy, it’s already happening. Local labels in EU country can claim nearly a million dollars of tax relief across three year period
News After raising $122m, DICE buys livestreaming platform Boiler Room Merger will see the expansion of both teams across a number of locations
Interviews ‘I’d like to see companies being proactive and not reactive about improving diversity.’ We chat with the newly named VP of Artist Marketing at Motown, Jamila Thomas, about diversity in music, keys to success in marketing and much more besides
News Spotify Rival Anghami strikes partnership with mobile game PUBG The app has been downloaded over 1 billion times outside of China
Interviews TikTok is evolving into a very different kind of music streaming giant. Ole Obermann, TikTok's Global Head of Music, discusses opportunities for artists... and a major new launch for indie acts
News UK-based Voly launches new financial management software and payment platform for the music industry Neil Rodford, te Founder and former CEO of YMU, has been appointed to the Voly board
News Warner Music Group and Twitch ink ‘first-of-its-kind’ partnership Deal marks the platform's first partnership with a major record company
Analysis News From Universal’s $54bn listing to Warner’s $270m from ‘alternative’ platforms: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
Interviews ‘100 die hard fans are just as powerful as somebody with 100 million followers on Instagram.’ Fave founder Jacquelle Amankonah Horton on the world of internet fandom and how her platform has attracted two of music’s biggest fan communities
News Lizzo and Justin Timberlake invest in connected fitness tech brand Hydrow Company has secured almost $200m in cumulative funding
News Sarah Ismail promoted to MD of Warner Music Philippines Ismail will oversee Warner Music’s regional executive team throughout the Philippines
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