News Tencent Music’s QQ Music becomes China’s first domestic streaming service to support Dolby Atmos sound Announcement marks the start of a strategic partnership between Tencent Music and Dolby
Analysis News When will TikTok start paying the music industry ‘properly’? The current 'buy-out' model is causing great concern amongst some music industry companies, MBW has learned
News Superstar songwriter, producer and artist Tainy renews global deal with Sony Music Publishing Tainy produced nine songs on Bad Bunny’s record-breaking album 'Un Verano Sin Ti', and has worked with Cardi B, Dua Lipa and Selena Gomez
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Jon Platt The Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Publishing on the songs that have soundtracked his existence so far
Interviews ‘A decade in music is a millennium in other industries.’ Downtown Music Services COO, Ben Patterson, answers MBW's questions
News Alisha Outridge named Chief Technology & Product Officer at TuneCore Outridge is the first Chief Technology & Product Officer at the Believe-owned company
News Anghami acquires events and concerts company Spotlight, as it expands into live entertainment Deal will see Spotlight Events become Anghami's arm for live events and concerts
News Independent rock and metal label Earache Records launches music distribution platform Earache says it will take a 10% cut of artists' royalties
News DistroKid officially rolls out DistroVid music video distribution service Launch partners include Apple Music, Amazon Music, TIDAL and Vevo
Analysis News Steve Cooper is leaving Warner Music Group. Will one of these 53 people replace him as CEO? MBW runs down a bunch of executives that might just have a shot of being Warner Music Group's new boss
News UK tech firm DAACI launches $4.9m funding round for music composition AI DAACI is an AI-based tool that composes, arranges, orchestrates and produces original music
News Music industry launches ‘large-scale action’ against infringing music services in Brazil The move part of of 'Operation 404’, an initiative to tackle infringing services online
Analysis News Major music companies lost billions in value last week after a report led people to believe streaming subscriptions are ‘shrinking’ in the UK. MBW doesn’t think that idea smells quite right – and we’re not alone. Why we don't think the UK subscription market actually 'shrunk' in Q1
Interviews ‘It’s one thing to make beats, but you’ve got to be able to make records.’ Grammy winner Malay talks working with Frank Ocean, how classic rock formed his first musical love and whether the music industry is close to implosion
News China’s TF Entertainment inks deals with Tencent Music and rival NetEase Cloud Music… but Tencent gets a 30-day exclusivity window TF Entertainment has struck deals with two China-based music streaming companies this week