News Warner Music Asia inks strategic partnership with Thailand-based indie label What the Duck Deal sees Warner Music Asia add Bangkok-based Valentina Ploy to its roster of artists
Analysis News With Netflix losing subscribers, is music’s own streaming party over? MBW founder Tim Ingham analyzes Netflix's surprise Q1 2022 downturn, and the impact it might have on Spotify
News Izabela Ciszek-Podziemska promoted to General Manager of Warner Music South East Europe Ciszek-Podziemska previously held the role of Head of Business Development, South East Europe at Warner Music
News Big Sync Music expands in Latin America, led by Patricia Portaro Portaro named Head of Music Supervision, LATAM
News ByteDance launches new music streaming service in China App is called Qishui Yinyue, and its catalog currently features 10m music tracks
News Fan funding platform Corite enters Web3 partnership with superstar DJ and producer Alan Walker Walker has amassed over 50bn audio and video streams
News Confirmed: Deezer, with a $1.16bn valuation, is going public via merger with SPAC in France It was rumored last week – now it's a done deal
Interviews News Amy Thomson: How I’d Fix The Music Industry In 3 Easy Steps Hipgnosis' Chief Catalog Officer, Amy Thomson, on what she thinks needs to change in today's music biz
News Merlin strikes partnership with South Korean streaming app FLO FLO was launched in 2018 by South Korea-headquartered Dreamus Company
News Seven years after its IPO collapsed, Deezer is in talks to to go public again – via a SPAC Len Blavatnik's Access took control of Deezer via an equity acquisition in 2016
Interviews ‘For music rightsholders, Web3 is an opportunity for extraordinary growth.’ Tuned Global MD, Con Raso, tells MBW about the company's expansion into Web3, and its future plans
Analysis News Latin music is on course to generate over $1 billion in the US in 2022 MBW calculations suggest that Latin music claimed a near-7% market share of US streaming revenues last year
News Marketing and distribution platform Intercept Music launches in partnership with Method Man Intercept Music is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanwire Corporation
News Alex Kennedy named Managing Director for the UK at Believe Kennedy's appointment confirms the company's investment in the world’s 4th music market
Analysis News Judges in the US have hinted that the mechanical royalty rate paid to publishers and songwriters for vinyl sales should rise. The major labels’ lawyers have come out swinging. MBW brings you the blow-by-blow of an extraordinary legal battle taking place in the US. It's got everything!