News The A&R Awards 2022: The finalists revealed! The nominees for this year's UK-focused event – taking place on November 8 – have been confirmed
Interviews ‘Classical music is not subject to trends and fads. The genre shows longer-term value across generations.’ MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Martin Kudla, Deputy Director and Digital Marketing Manager at Czech record label SUPRAPHON
Analysis News US recorded music revenues hit $7.7bn in H1 2022, but growth slowed compared to H1 2021 RIAA has published its 2022 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report
News Cris Garcia Falcão promoted to MD LATAM and Nina Rabe-Cairns upped to MD APAC at Ingrooves Execs promoted to global leadership roles
News Tencent Music Entertainment goes public in Hong Kong TME has successfully listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange
News From YouTube’s $6bn payout to UMG’s mtheory label division acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Daniel Ek poured €100m into Helsing AI last year. The startup just partnered with a European arms manufacturer Daniel Ek-backed company strikes strategic partnership with Germany-based automotive and arms manufacturer, Rheinmetall
Analysis News Steve Cooper: Warner Music is becoming less financially dependent on superstar artists – and wants to see ‘regular’ streaming price rises Outgoing Warner boss tackled streaming price rises and more at Goldman Sachs event this week
Analysis News Tencent Music planning Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing as soon as next week (report) Secondary listing plan comes after TME started trading on the New York Stock Exchange in December 2018
News Utopia buys UK physical music distributor Cinram Novum Utopia says the deal saves the UK company from insolvency and secures 300 jobs
News Peloton co-founders John Foley and Hisao Kushi exit; Karen Boone named as new Chairperson of the Board 'Their impact will resonate long after their departure,' Boone said
News Podcast subscription service Podimo raises $58.7m in fresh funding Latest raise follows Podimo's $78 million Series B round in November
Analysis News YouTube says it paid the music industry over $6bn in the past year – with around $2bn coming from UGC Right now, YouTube and Spotify appear to be keeping pace with one another
Analysis News Sir Lucian Grainge on streaming growth, catalog deals and the balance of power between labels vs. DSPs Universal's Chairman and CEO participated in a Q&A session at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference
Interviews ‘With production music, there are no limits on the opportunities we can bring emerging talent.’ West One Music’s Global CEO Edwin Cox tells us more about the firm's origins, the evolution of the production music space, and how the globalisation of media has changed the way the company licenses its music