Interviews TikTok, indie tracks, AI, and tech-driven ‘efficiencies’: Robert Kyncl’s first earnings call at WMG wasn’t short on punchiness MBW digests the new Warner boss's first-ever earnings call
Interviews Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘Everyone that works for me has to be able to count, and they have to be able to say no.’ Universal boss sits down for a discussion with Bill Ackman at Pershing Square's investor day
News Ingrooves inks exclusive distribution deal with Australian indie label Teamwrk; to distribute rapper Masked Wolf globally Partnership builds on the two companies’ existing alliance signed in mid-2022
Analysis Interviews ‘The MENA region will become a pioneer in the music industry.’ Nada Alhelabi, Strategy Director at MDLBEAST & XP Music Futures Program Director on the challenges and opportunities for the music business in Saudi Arabia and the wider MENA region...
News Switzerland-based MusicBird secures $100m loan facility from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to buy music rights Company entered the rights acquisition space in 2021
News Believe generated €1bn in Digital Music Sales last year DMS is the revenue generated from digital store partners and social media platforms before royalty payment to artists and labels
Analysis Is TikTok about to pull off a heist on the music industry? Could indie tracks and AI music successfully replace major label music on the platform?
News Zach Bryan signs global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Artist and songwriter has more than one billion global streams
News Hipgnosis acquires song catalog of Tobias Jesso Jr., who was just named Songwriter Of The Year at the Grammys He was named as the first-ever Grammy Songwriter of the Year at this year's Grammy Awards
News Scott Cohen-led startup JKBX partners with electronic market maker GTS to take music rights investing ‘to the masses’ Platform to securitize and fractionalize royalty streams
News TikTok launches DIY distro service SoundOn in Australia, the same week it started limiting access to major label music in the market SoundOn was already Live in the UK, US, Brazil and Indonesia
Interviews ‘Songs are the engine of the music industry and sometimes people can lose sight of that’ Amy Allen discusses writing some of the biggest pop hits of recent times, the joy of collaborating and making Grammy history
News From Universal’s TIDAL partnership to TikTok limiting access to music in Australia… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Michelle Jubelirer premieres new-look Capitol Music Group at Town Hall event – including the return of Motown Los Angeles showcase saw performances from artists including Ice Spice and Niall Horan
News TikTok is trying to prove that it doesn’t need major label music – and the eyes of the industry are upon it. Service restricts access to major label music for subset of users in Australia