Analysis News Apple Music just made a lot of claims about what it pays artists. Let’s take a closer look. A new email from Apple has revealed some big numbers, and a couple of digs at Spotify. MBW gives its take.
People: Michael Weissman Michael Weissman joined SoundCloud from Vimeo in 2017, and became SoundCloud's CEO in January 2021
Interviews Why SoundCloud has the music business right where it wants it. Michael Weissman, CEO of SoundCloud, answers MBW's questions on payout models, tipping, and where the music industry's headed
People: Emmanuel de BuretelFounder, Because Music Emmanuel de Buretel founded Because Music in 2004 after a near-two decade career with EMI and Virgin
News Triller has a new CEO… having just acquired 3 companies in 5 weeks Amplify.ai co-founder and CEO Mahi de Silva named CEO of TrillerNet, as Mike Lu transitions to role of President
News Sony pumps another $200m into Fortnite maker Epic Games as part of $1bn funding round MBW estimates that Sony now owns between 2% and 2.5% in Epic Games
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