News PRS for Music to launch free portal providing access to songwriter credits and industry identifiers New tool will let songwriters, composers and music publishers search and download key data about their works
Interviews News With fresh eight-figure financing, and a new CEO, Napster wants to take Web3 music to the mainstream MBW interviews Napster's new CEO Jon Vlassopulos
Interviews ‘A one size fits all approach in music is holding back creativity.’ Corite COO Emelie Olsson discusses the future of the platform, the evolution of audience-power in music, Web3 and much more besides
Interviews ‘Chocolate City is a safe haven for creatives.’ MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Abuchi Ugwu, CEO of Nigeria-based record label Chocolate City
Analysis Interviews News New $100m-backed fund launches to buy catalogs in Asia, led by industry veteran Chee Meng Tan and ex-Universal Music China MD Garand Wu Singapore-based music fund launches with initial raise of USD $100m
News Orlando Wharton named EVP of Capitol Music Group and President of Priority Records CMG to relaunch the Priority label
News Kebu Commissiong, Carlos Escalona Cruz, Matt DuFour and Lou Plaia named A&R Directors at Sentric New hires follow Sentric’s move into North America
News Napster hires Roblox former Global Head of Music, Jon Vlassopulos, as CEO Company has also announced a new funding round
Interviews ‘I would never just show up at the party just because there’s an invitation; I have to believe I can make a contribution’ Legendary producer Daniel Lanois on his role in U2's global breakthrough, two of Bob Dylan's career highlights and the importance of trust
News The A&R Awards 2022: The finalists revealed! The nominees for this year's UK-focused event – taking place on November 8 – have been confirmed
Interviews ‘Classical music is not subject to trends and fads. The genre shows longer-term value across generations.’ MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Martin Kudla, Deputy Director and Digital Marketing Manager at Czech record label SUPRAPHON
News YouTube launches ‘Creator Music’ licensing hub, and a new revenue sharing model for Shorts Creators can buy music licenses via the hub
News Tencent Music Entertainment goes public in Hong Kong TME has successfully listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange
News HarbourView buys Big Loud Mountain Music’s publisher share of songs from Florida Georgia Line catalog Big Loud Mountain Music is a Nashville-based independent publishing, management, and production company