News India’s Hungama to shut music streaming service The music section of Hungama Digital Media will terminate its service on April 15
Interviews Taeho Kim, HYBE COO and BELIFT LAB President, talks ENHYPEN, ILLIT, Coachella, and superfans MBW’s World Leaders series meets Taeho Kim, Chief Operating Officer of HYBE and President of BELIFT LAB
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Tunji Balogun The head of Def Jam talks us through the tracks that have shaped his musical tastes and played a part in his professional journey
News Warner Music Group is readying its superfan app – with help from Ed Sheeran Sheeran is now "actively posting" on the platform, according to the WSJ interview with Atlantic Records CEO Elliot Grainge
Interviews ‘I’m getting invited to a few more lunches now.’ A UK grime fan is currently one of the hottest producers in LA and Nashville. Hoskins recounts his unlikely journey and discusses his musical philosophy...
News Sabrina Carpenter named ‘icon’ for Fortnite Festival Season 8 Carpenter joins other artists who have been featured as “icons” on Fortnite including The Weeknd, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish and Metallica
Analysis On… OpenAI, Bain Capital, Daniel Ek, and reasons to be cheerful Tim Ingham's latest Review, exclusively sent to MBW+ subscribers
Interviews Per Sundin on Pophouse’s $1bn+ ambitions in music rights: ‘We don’t buy catalogs to put them on a shelf.’ Per Sundin reveals what sets Pophouse apart from other music investment firms, and shares his thoughts on the future of catalog investment...
Interviews HYBE’s Joon Choi: ‘90% of Weverse traffic comes from regions outside of Korea. Most of our users are global superfans.’ MBW speaks with Weverse President Joon Choi following the launch of its Spotify-powered 'Listening Party' streaming service
News Uncategorized TikTok soft-launches ‘TikTok for Artists’ platform For now, the service is available only to artists in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea
News Court says discovery process can move forward in Drake’s defamation lawsuit against UMG over ‘Not Like Us’ UMG's motion to dismiss is still pending
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Mike O’Neill The BMI CEO discusses the seven (maybe more) tracks that have hit the hardest during his life and times in the business and on the planet
Interviews BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld: ‘Our strategy is setting us up for growth.’ Boss of Bertelsmann's music company talks expansion, streaming prices, AI, and more
Analysis News Latin Music’s US revenues hit $1.42 billion in 2024, up 5.8% YoY Latin Music revenues accounted for 8.1% of total recorded music revenue in the US last year
News Ned Monahan promoted to President at Joie Manda’s Encore Recordings; Jacob Fain named Head of A&R Fain comes to Encore from Elektra, and is known for signing artists such as Bailey Zimmerman and Leon Bridges