News Oana Ruxandra named Chief Digital Officer & EVP, Business Development at Warner Music Group Exec oversees WMG's global digital strategy
News PPL donates $875,000 to music industry COVID-19 hardship funds Donation to be split between relief funds set up by three UK-based organizations
Analysis News Positive signs: Music streaming spend is rising in the US, even amid Coronavirus lockdown News is in contrast to report out of Spain earlier this month
News The Hottest Independent Artists In The World: Adeline, Brye, Matilda Mann, Mnelia and Rozei Meet the latest group of indie artists handpicked from Instrumental's 'Hot' list
News Austin Daboh leaving Apple for senior role at Atlantic Records UK Former Spotify exec hired in EVP position at major record company
News Music streaming subscriptions forecast to top 450m by the end of 2020 (report) Subscriptions reached 358m by the end of 2019, according to Counterpoint Research
News Pro Music Rights formally recognized as performance rights organization by National Religious Broadcasters Music License Committee Florida-based royalty collection firm formally recognized by NRBMLC
News CNN acquires content personalization and discovery startup Canopy Acquisition to accelerate CNN's development of a new digital news & information platform
Interviews Why $12m-backed Stem dumped DIY distribution – and why its founder worries about the music industry ‘making aggressive bets and being wrong’ Milana Rabkin Lewis joins MBW's podcast to talk distribution, A&R and stream fraud
News Sukhraj Johal named General Manager of Warner Records UK Jennifer Ivory has also been promoted to Senior Vice President
News Warner Music Vietnam launches, led by Managing Director Lisa Nguyen Exec was previously Head of Zing Media
News SoundCloud launches new marketing and distribution platform for ‘serious artists who want to take their career to the next level’ Artists get to keep 100% of their SoundCloud royalties plus 80% of the revenue received from other music services
Analysis Blog ‘Our advice to independent artists right now is simple: keep releasing’ The CEO of Believe, Denis Ladegaillerie, offers his advice to artists, labels and managers during an uncertain time
News Sony launches $100m COVID-19 relief fund, including money for entertainment industry Sony will "seek ways to support up-and-coming creators, artists and all those in professions supporting the industry"
News The Hottest Independent Artists In The World: KEYAH/BLU, Sycco, Emerson, Jadn and Rit$y Instrumental data tells MBW who the indie artists are making the most noise out there