Analysis Blog My Manifesto: Island Records’ Alex Boateng A five-point plan for change from Island Records’ UK President of Urban, Alex Boateng...
Interviews Jody Gerson: ‘I have to tell my story authentically’ Jody Gerson has transformed Universal Music Publishing Group. But who is the woman behind the billion-dollar publisher?
Analysis Blog ‘Think Billie Eilish meets Lil Nas X, but more organic…’ Lucas Keller, founder of Milk + Honey, sounds off on record label A&R...
News When it comes to music distribution, artists should beware of the industry’s tourists Nick Gordon of Symphonic Distribution gives his view on those offering incredible deals to artists
News LyricFind receives Government funding to promote Canadian content via lyrics The two-year project supports the licensing, transcription and translation of Canadian artists and songwriters’ lyrics
Analysis Who is the biggest hit songwriter working today? According to MBW's calculations, in the first half of 2019... it was Sony/ATV signing Louis Bell
News Alison Wenham appointed Non-Executive Director at Funnel Music Former AIM & WIN CEO joins Board in strategic role
News TIDAL rolls out interactive credits to highlight roles of songwriters, producers, engineers & musicians 'TIDAL is looking forward to working with artists and labels to create an in-depth database of credits.'
News Spotify decides it doesn’t want to be a distributor after all "The best way for us to serve artists and labels is to focus our resources on developing tools in areas where Spotify can uniquely benefit them."
News Taylor Swift: Scooter Braun has ‘stripped me of my life’s work’ 'When I left my masters in Scott’s hands, I made peace with the fact that eventually he would sell them. Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter.'
Analysis The Universal fire may be ‘heartbreaking’ – but don’t expect much impact on the music biz story of the year "It is not clear to us that the fire in the LA storage facility should have any impact on either the valuation of UMG or the sale process."
Interviews ‘We have to understand: without the song, there is no artist.’ Rodney Jerkins, aka Darkchild, joins MBW's World's Greatest Songwriters series
Interviews ‘I was raised to fight for the underdog.’ Corrie Christopher Martin – a senior figure at Paradigm Talent Agency – on her career and the industry today
Interviews ‘Music is significantly undervalued – people are thinking about it in the wrong way.’ Kobalt's Willard Ahdritz talks publishing, major record companies, and the true worth of the business today
News Facebook and Instagram users in Brazil can now add music to their Stories Facebook has launched its music offering in over 40 countries to date