Analysis News Kate Bush is the world’s biggest independent artist right now. She’s owning it. Kate Bush owns her recorded music rights. So do many other superstar artists – young and old.
News Twitch Head of Music Tracy Chan exits, joins SoundCloud to lead platform’s global Creator business Chan will oversee the platform's Creator ecosystem globally
News Universal inks strategic global partnership with music licensing tech startup Songclip Songclip closed an $11m funding round in March 2021
News Universal Music Group launches Virgin Music Label & Artist Services in Africa Division launches with over 15,000 titles in its catalog
News PPL CEO Peter Leathem re-elected to the Board of global trade body SCAPR Exec was re-elected to the Board for a second four-year term
News Tim Blacksmith and Danny D awarded for services to music in Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours Tim Blacksmith and Danny D receive MBEs for services to music
Analysis News The major labels face an uphill battle for streaming market share. Here’s how they might fight back. The majors and Merlin have lost 10% of market share on Spotify in the past four years. What are they going to do about it?
News Ben Kline and Cris Lacy named Co-Presidents of Warner Music Nashville, as John Esposito transitions to Chairman Emeritus role Warner Music Nashville reveals leadership shakeup
News From The Weeknd’s ‘crypto powered’ tour to BeatStars’ $200m paid out to creators: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News The Weeknd partners with Binance for ‘first crypto powered world tour’ Binance to release exclusive NFT collection, along with co-branded tour merchandise
News Spotify launches music career advice platform it says is ‘like an artist manager in your pocket’ New interactive career advice portal is called 'In Focus'
News B2B music firm Tuned Global to power Gabb Music streaming app for kids in the US App is powered by Tuned Global’s white-label streaming technology
Analysis Blog The Gamification of Everything The following op/ed comes from Dan Symons, founder of SPLIT / LIP, a Web3 and metaverse business consultancy for rights owners
News Matt Pincus’ MUSIC raises $200m, as it eyes record label, publishing, tech and Web3 investments JS Capital Management and Schusterman Family Investments join Liontree to partner with Pincus