News Gülce Özyeşilpinar promoted into expanded role as GM, Warner Music Turkey and VP, Marketing, Eastern Mediterranean Özyeşilpınar will take on responsibility for marketing across Cyprus, Greece and Israel
Analysis News If you wanted to know why Sony Music bought AWAL… this is why The signing of girl in red to Columbia could be a key case study in the Sony-AWAL story
News Peloton releases video game ‘Lanebreak’, with Warner Music Group as a launch partner The first artist themed levels to launch on Lanebreak are two Warner-distributed artists: David Bowie and David Guetta.
Analysis News YouTube is making close to $100m from advertising revenues every day YouTube generated over $28 billion across the course of 2021
Analysis News SoundCloud’s annual revenues topped $218m in 2020 – and it’s been making bold moves ever since MBW gets our hands on SoundCloud's results from 2020, and they reveal a 31% annual rise in revenues
News Grammy-winning songwriter Jordan Reynolds sells catalog to Warner Chappell, launches brokerage to help other writers do the same thing Reynolds has written six No.1 songs across three genres
Interviews ‘Artists really have to see Web3 as more than just a glorified fan club for the 21st Century.’ RCRDSHP founder Obie Fernandez on the future of the NFT market and the potential impact that Web3 could have on the music industry...
News Sting sells song catalog to Universal for $300m+ Sting has sold more than 100 million albums throughout his career
Interviews ‘The indie versus major notion is outdated in the digital age.’ MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Marie-Anne Robert, Managing Director of Sony Music Entertainment France
News Apple Music cuts free trial for new subscribers from three months to one Six month free trial still offered for customers who purchase eligible audio hardware
News KKR bought a music catalog from Kobalt for $1.1bn. Now it’s turning it into bonds. Kroll looks set to give offering an 'A' rating, as the growing financialization of music continues
News Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s Silk Sonic join Fortnite in partnership with Atlantic Records The launch includes in-game outfits for players, an in-game radio station, and a player tournament
Analysis Blog The gamification of the music industry has just begun. 'The worlds of music, video games, AV and the blockchain are becoming irreversibly entwined,' suggests Ran Geffen
Interviews ‘I deal with things head on; that’s my job.’ S10's Brandon Silverstein on managing two global stars: Anitta and Normani
News Universal IS wiping unrecouped balances for heritage artists, say MBW sources We're told, categorically, that good news is coming for artists and songwriters