Interviews Noah Goldstein on good A&R, working with Kanye West, and why he ‘stopped feeling pressure a long time ago’ In a conversation that covers his love of Icelandic music, his time spent with Ye to the wonder of growing vegetables, Noah Goldstein sits down with MBW as the latest inductee to our World's Greatest Producers series
News Brent Faiyaz renews publishing deal with PULSE Music Group Faiyaz initially signed to PULSE in 2016
Interviews ONErpm has conquered Brazil’s streaming market. Now it’s taking on the world. Founder Emmanuel Zunz explains his expansion plans for one of LatAm's most successful distribution and services companies
Interviews ‘Latin music has gone mainstream in the US and is having a huge creative and commercial impact.’ Alejandro Duque, President of Warner Music Latin America, discusses the future of the business
News Diplo, Red Light Management, Kevin Liles and more join $12m round for social audio platform Stationhead Series A round was Led by Buttonwood Group Advisors
News Jonathan Carmel appointed Web3 and NFT Lead at Symphonic Distribution Symphonic raised $37 million in a Series B round of funding in January 2022
News Triller calls for ‘every American to delete TikTok’ Mahi de Silva, CEO of Triller, publishes letter calling for "every American" to delete TikTok
News Tencent Music launches ‘TME Business Intelligence for Artists’. It sounds a lot like Spotify for Artists. TME says new platform marks a "deepening" of what it calls its "dual engine content-and-platform strategy"
News Three Six Zero acquires London’s SARM Studios from producer Trevor Horn Studio complex will serve as the new base for Three Six Zero Recordings
News Spotify buys popular music trivia game Heardle Spotify says that Heardle is 'more than a trivia game', and that it's 'also a tool for musical discovery'
News Content sampled from long-form YouTube videos generated over 100bn views on TikTok rival Shorts in April YouTube's TiktTok rival Shorts was rolled out globally in July 2021
News Universal Music Australia unveils new senior management team Alicia Reynolds has been named GM, EMI Records Australia, while Mark Holland has been upped to Managing Director, EMI Records Australia
News Songwriters Savan Kotecha and Carl Falk Gramer invest in Swedish sound tech company Audiodo Company claims that it can map out "a precise and thorough understanding of your hearing" in under three minutes
Analysis News When will TikTok start paying the music industry ‘properly’? The current 'buy-out' model is causing great concern amongst some music industry companies, MBW has learned
News deadmau5’s PIXELYNX names ex Kobalt President and TIDAL CEO Richard Sanders as Group Strategy Advisor Paul Joffe also joins the company as COO, while Steve Wakeman is named Head of Production