Interviews UnitedMasters’ Steve Stoute: ‘Record companies’ ownership in artists’ intellectual property will diminish.’ Steve Stoute tells MBW about what Apple's investment means for UnitedMasters and gives us his predictions for the future role of record labels in the music industry...
News After selling stake to Live Nation, Veeps equips 60+ US venues with livestream technology Venues to get new tech include The Fillmore in San Francisco and Philadelphia, House of Blues in Chicago and New Orleans, The Wiltern in Los Angeles
News Spotify is officially a hardware maker now, as Car Thing arrives in the US Music streaming company's voice controlled smart device gets limited US release
Blog How to fix streaming without wrecking music… This MBW blog comes from Paul Pacifico, CEO of the UK's Association of Independent Music (AIM)
News Germany’s recorded music revenues grew 9% to $2bn last year, thanks to streaming’s lockdown boom Streaming surges ahead in Germany, as CD continues to slide
News Eliah Seton to join SoundCloud in a senior role? MBW sources indicate that Warner veteran has accepted a potentially game-changing role with Michael Weissman
News Cat Kreidich named President of Warner’s ADA Former Sony exec Kreidich takes new role just months after joining Warner and ADA
Interviews Synchtank’s IRIS has already processed hundreds of millions of dollars. Now it’s being made available to music publishers large and small. Synchtank's speciality Royalty Accounting package provides a bespoke and scalable solution for a crucial and growing challenge
News BMG and KKR are ready to spend $1bn on music copyrights – and that’s just for starters… BMG's Hartwig Masuch and KKR's Nat Zilkha on the music industry's new acquisitive super-alliance
Analysis News From Scooter Braun’s billion-dollar deal to Apple’s backing of UnitedMasters: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Scooter Braun sells Ithaca Holdings to HYBE, formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment, for $1 billion Ithaca owns SB Projects as well as Big Machine Label Group and more
News This robot rapper has 9m followers on TikTok. The company that created him thinks traditional A&R is ‘inefficient and unreliable’ Anthony Martini, co-founder of Factory New, tells MBW about the concept behind his new label, its virtual artists and company's future goals...
Analysis News Universal Music Group is raising $3.5 billion in financing. Will a spending spree follow? MBW obtains new UMG org chart, showing the importance of its Dutch company
News Ahead of Amsterdam listing, Universal hires Public Affairs expert in The Netherlands Baruch joins UMG after nine years at Dutch collective management society Buma/Stemra
News Round Hill Music acquires publishing catalog of Country songwriter and producer Zach Crowell Crowell has written 13 No.1 songs and has produced 12 No.1 songs