News Live Nation donates $5m to emergency COVID-19 fund for concert crews – and could donate another $5m Michael Rapino, CEO and President of Live Nation, and his family have personally donated $250,000 to the Crew Nation fund
Interviews Denzyl Feigelson: ‘Once you help an artist build a robust business, a lot starts to happen for them.’ Platoon has worked with the likes of Mr Eazi, Rex Orange Country and Billie Eilish. Now, with new owner Apple, it's working with a fresh and exciting crop of artists
News Drake isn’t scared of (releasing new music and making lots of streaming money during) Coronavirus lockdown Everybody, now, “right foot – up, left foot – slide; left foot – up, right foot – slide...”
News How to market your music during Coronavirus lockdown – according to one of the world’s biggest record companies Download Believe's Creative Marketing Playbook right here
News Michael Jackson estate donates $300,000 sum to COVID-19 relief efforts Broadway Cares, Three Square Food Bank and MusiCares will receive $100,000 each from Estate
News How Universal Music Group is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic "We offering various forms of assistance to help artists, songwriters and independent labels affected by COVID-19 weather these challenging times."
News UK artists and managers have already lost over $60m due to Coronavirus lockdown MMF and FAC demand recoupment holidays, crisis funding, emergency advances and repurposing of black box revenues
News Reservoir signs Joyner Lucas to worldwide publishing deal Deal includes global rights to Lucas’ entire catalog of works including upcoming album, ADHD
News Amy Thomson, who managed Swedish House Mafia and marketed Kanye West, reveals the most important things she knows about artist management and marketing Thomson also teases new platform which, she says, recovered $4m in royalties for an artist's catalog
News Could the music industry do more to help artists and songwriters whose income has been hit by Coronavirus? Should 'black box' money and discretionary advances be paid over to music's creative community amid the pandemic?
News SoundCloud Go+ rolled out in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden Premium tier is now available in 19 countries
News Coronavirus quarantine appears to be driving a global TikTok download boom Data from SensorTower, provided to MBW, shows a definite trend in the US and worldwide
News $500m-backed Saban Music Group’s first release tops Latin Airplay Chart Company is backed by multi-billionaire entertainment mogul, Haim Saban
Analysis News Confirmed: Music streaming WAS down last week amid Coronavirus quarantine… but not on YouTube MBW takes a look at streaming across the globe, the US, Italy and the UK
Analysis News Screw you, Coronavirus. At least music’s streaming business is still booming. How are music streaming services faring in a COVID-19-hit world?