News The Killers sell music publishing catalog to Eldridge, including hits like Mr. Brightside and Human The Killers have sold 28m albums worldwide
Analysis News Over 2bn YouTube users are now playing music videos every month Lyor Cohen calls on music industry to link arm-in-arm with YouTube to "pitch Madison Avenue"
Interviews ‘We need to educate ourselves about the history of music and give the respect to the African continent that it deserves.’ Mathew Knowles – father of Beyoncè and Solange — discusses his new project, MePlaylist, what it takes to launch a global superstar, and why he thinks there’s a lack of education in the music business
News Hipgnosis buys 50% stake in Rick James catalog, including master rights Deal includes 50% of writer's and publisher share in James' catalog
Interviews Larry Mestel: ‘I was shocked the major music companies even let us in the business.’ Primary Wave CEO Larry Mestel on his company's difference – and the ultra-competitive music M&A marketplace in 2020
Analysis News Refunds, revenues and redundancies: Behind the numbers of Live Nation’s Q3 earnings What we learned from Michael Rapino and co. during firm's quarterly fiscal update last week
News Did Ya Know? podcast launches from music industry veterans Danny D and Adrian Sykes MBW and Music Business UK to support new project
News Hipgnosis Songs Fund buys huge catalog from Kobalt in $322.9m acquisition Merck Mercuriadis does biggest deal yet, snapping up catalog owned by fund managed by Kobalt Capital
News YouTube just generated $5bn from ads in a single quarter – and YouTube Music has over 30m subscribers Alphabet video platform looks in contention to generate $18bn from ads this year
News Ticketing and livestream platform DICE launches in India DICE is now live in the UK, US, France, Italy, Spain, India and Australia
News Tencent confirms buying minority stake in AI-driven A&R platform Instrumental Deal also sees Instrumental enter into exclusive distribution partnership with Tencent Music Entertainment Group in China
Analysis News Sony ups its annual Music revenue forecast by over $500m… during a pandemic Firm's recorded music streaming revenues grew by over $120m in the three months to end of September
News Tencent buys stake in AI-driven A&R scouting specialist Instrumental Chinese giant acquires minority stake in UK-based firm used by all three major music companies
News Amuse expands AI-driven royalty advances of up to $300,000 to independent artists’ collaborators 'Hundreds of artists' have used Fast Forward royalty advance service since it launched last year, states Amuse
News Quincy Jones invests in AI Music startup Musimap, which has developed a ‘psycho-emotional profiling engine’ Company's AI tech builds emotional profiles for listeners