News Now SoundExchange pulls out of Russia SoundExchange has terminated its agreement with the Russian Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS)
Analysis News Kobalt and Downtown cut ties with Russia; Believe continues to operate in market but is ‘monitoring the situation very closely’ Will CISAC suspend Russian PRO from its global membership?
Analysis Blog Why are hedge funds urging songwriters to sell their catalogs right now? Think about it. Randall Wixen explains his skepticism over Big Finance's keenness to buy music rights in 2022
Interviews Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, and songwriter and producer Niclas Molinder say they’ve invented the solution to the music industry’s ‘black box’. And it’s free. Björn Ulvaeus, Max Martin and Niclas Molinder founded Session to fix music's missing data problem.
News Warner Music Group suspends operations in Russia All three major record companies have now suspended their operations in Russia
News Sony Music Group suspends operations in Russia 'Sony Music Group calls for peace in Ukraine and an end to the violence.'
News Downtown launches $200m fund to invest in independent artists and entrepreneurs Fund is supported by a new credit facility with Bank of America
Analysis News With $15bn in revenue, 2021 was the US record industry’s biggest EVER year (kind of…) MBW reveals historic numbers for the US market last year (although you should really factor in inflation)
News TikTok just launched its own music distribution platform, SoundOn SoundOn can distribute music to other music platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and Instagram
News Universal Music Group suspends all operations in Russia 'Effective immediately, we are suspending all operations in Russia and closing our offices there,' says UMG
Analysis Blog Why music companies should stop using vague stats Eamonn Forde explores the rise of 'vaguestats' in the music business
News UK collection society PRS cuts ties with Russian counterpart. But why is it having to act alone? PRS for Music has formally suspended its rights representation relationship with Russia's RAO
Analysis News Even without AWAL, Kobalt Music Group is a $600m+ annual business… and comfortably profitable Company posted first ever full year of EBITDA profitability in FY2021
Interviews ‘Major labels aren’t the ones pulling the strings – today, there’s a lot more responsibility on the artist’s shoulders.’ Tayla Elitzer, co-founder of artist development company Godmode, discusses lessons learned across her career, tips for artist development and longevity, and much more besides.
News Reservoir extends deal with Grammy-nominated songwriter Ali Tamposi Tamposi has been represented by the Company since 2017