Interviews Geoff Taylor: My Manifesto BPI Chief Executive Geoff Taylor outlines five goals and measures he would like the industry to adopt, including a ‘BRIT School for the North’, environmental responsibility and unity across sometimes fractious sectors…
Analysis News From Goldman Sachs’ multi-billion dollar forecast to BTS’ hiatus: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
Analysis News Kate Bush is the world’s biggest independent artist right now. She’s owning it. Kate Bush owns her recorded music rights. So do many other superstar artists – young and old.
Analysis News HYBE share price plummets as BTS announce break. But could band’s hiatus actually be good news for the Korean company? BTS member j-hope is the first of the group to officially kick off his solo career with an upcoming album
News Connect Music Group launches $10m indie artist fund backed by investment firm Preserver Partners Memphis-based startup launches new independent artist fund
News Twitch Head of Music Tracy Chan exits, joins SoundCloud to lead platform’s global Creator business Chan will oversee the platform's Creator ecosystem globally
News Sony is back in business with Tommy Mottola, via launch of 22 Publishing in partnership with NEON16 22 Publishing launched by Sony Music Publishing Latin, Tommy Mottola and entertainment and media company NEON16
Analysis News Goldman Sachs: The global music industry is going to be worth even MORE than we thought Goldman releases a lot of numbers... that will make music's biggest investors very happy
Analysis News Kate Bush had the biggest record in the UK last week, but she’s not No.1 on the Official Chart. This is a watershed moment for a music industry struggling to understand the meaning of ‘new’. Kate Bush has been robbed in her home nation. The music industry must learn lessons from what it says.
News K-pop giant SM Entertainment strikes licensing deal with NetEase Cloud Music NetEase Cloud Music granted the right to distribute SM's music catalog
Analysis Blog ‘Music creation has changed, fan behavior has changed, and therefore, artists’ needs for digital music distribution have changed too.’ The following MBW op/ed comes from Andreea Gleeson, Chief Executive Officer of DIY distribution company TuneCore
News After raising $34m, beatBread closes ‘seven figure artist financing deal’ with singer-songwriter Elley Duhe beatBread claims to have made advances to almost 400 artists since November 2020
News TuneCore overhauls pricing to offer unlimited music distribution for a single annual fee – laying down gauntlet to rivals like DistroKid TuneCore’s new Unlimited release program lets artists distribute as many releases as they like for an upfront annual fee
Analysis News The major labels face an uphill battle for streaming market share. Here’s how they might fight back. The majors and Merlin have lost 10% of market share on Spotify in the past four years. What are they going to do about it?
News From The Weeknd’s ‘crypto powered’ tour to BeatStars’ $200m paid out to creators: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter