News Abbey Road turns 90: Iconic London studios to host free two-day festival to celebrate anniversary Studios to open doors for free, two-day festival on November 11 and 12
News Hipgnosis buys catalog from Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie Catalog includes 11 No.1s and 47 Top 10s
News Coldplay’s UK label bosses discuss new project and lead single, Higher Power Parlophone Co-Presidents Mark Mitchell and Nick Burgess on "a different type of campaign" and how Coldplay are always starting again
News Deezer signs strategic partnership with Brazilian Netflix rival Globoplay Globoplay’s users can subscribe to Deezer Premium for free for 12 months
News Warner Music Asia inks exclusive deal with Esports Player League (ESPL) Deal will allow ESPL to embed Warner Music songs into its platform
News Spotify opens personalized ‘On Repeat’ playlist to brand sponsorship Playlist opens for sponsorship across 30 markets in North America, Europe, Latin America, and APAC
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Spotify, Hipgnosis, Grammys, YouTube, Universal x Boomplay The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News BMG buys Mick Fleetwood’s royalties for an array of Fleetwood Mac hits – including TikTok sensation Dreams Yet another member of Fleetwood Mac sells a chunk of his music to an acquisitive party in 2021
News Hipgnosis fully acquires Lindsey Buckingham song catalog, including 100% writer and publisher share of Fleetwood Mac hits Buckingham's songs from Rumours have been streamed over a billion times on Spotify alone
News Saban Music Group celebrates another Billboard Latin Airplay No.1 with Te Quiero Baby (I Love You Baby) by Chesca, Pitbull and Frankie Valli Haim Saban-backed company scores triple Billboard chart No.1 result – and impressive European airplay – with priority single
Analysis News Over 2bn YouTube users are now playing music videos every month Lyor Cohen calls on music industry to link arm-in-arm with YouTube to "pitch Madison Avenue"
News Maria Weaver named President of WEA, Warner Recorded Music’s global artist and label services network Weaver was most recently Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at Comcast Advertising
News Music-related user generated content could be worth $6bn over the next two years (report) New report examines 'the rising power of UGC'
News Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams generated over 36m global streams in the last two weeks following viral TikTok video, confirms Warner Music Group Classic track exploded after a video from TikTok star Nathan Apodaca went viral
News African music streaming company MePlaylist inks distribution deals with FUGA & Symphonic Deals add some 7m songs to platform's catalog