News ‘Winning a BRIT and going to No.1 first time is not the reality of how the music industry works.’ Check out an exclusive extract from Sound Advice — a new health-focused career guide for musicians and those that work with them
News TuneCore expands into Africa with new hires in Nigeria and South Africa Jade Leaf hired as Head of TuneCore, Southern Africa and East Africa and Chioma Onuchukwu named Head of TuneCore for West Africa and East Africa
News DistroKid teams with Twitch to help indie artists earn money from live streams via Twitch Affiliate Program Joining the Twitch Affiliate Program allows creators to earn money when they stream live on Twitch
News Deutschrap drives Warner Chappell market share boom in Germany Can the likes of Capital Bra now take German hip-hop global?
News Jordyn Reese promoted to Global Head of Advertising at ONErpm Organization also announces expansion of international advertising agency
News What the major record companies really think about the economics of music streaming Universal, Sony and Warner have each filed written responses to a UK Parliamentary investigation into streaming
Analysis ‘I love streaming, I just hate the remuneration system sitting inside it.’ Tom Gray, musician and founder of #BrokenRecord, explains the objectives of the campaign
News Deb Oh appointed Senior Director of Creative Licensing at BMG Production Music Oh joins BMGPM from creative audio agency Squeak E. Clean Studios
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Vivendi, Beach Boys, Big Hit x UMG, Warner x Rotana, MLC The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News EMPIRE opens West Asia and North Africa division, hires Suhel Nafar as VP, Strategy and Market Development Most recently, Nafar worked at Spotify as the Global Lead of Arab Music & Culture
News Grammy-winning artist and songwriter Jacob Collier renews publishing deal with Concord Deal includes Collier’s full catalog and future works
News Another giant podcast buy: iHeartMedia to acquire Triton Digital for $230m Acquisition is the latest of iHeartMedia’s investments in the audio technology space
News Zach Horowitz sees ‘immense’ opportunity in new podcast company for Latin listeners Former UMG exec says lessons learned from his Latin investments at major hint at the future possibilities for podcasts
Interviews Merck Mercuriadis faces the future… and stares down his critics MBW asked the Hipgnosis CEO and founder to respond to criticisms from his harshest detractors. He said yes.
Artist: AdeleSongwriter, Performer Adele is one of the biggest and best-selling artists of the modern era