Interviews ‘Being straightforward and honest, not skirting around the issue, always yields the best results – and an understanding artist’ Adam Alpert on the rise of The Chainsmokers, the potential of Dove Cameron, hard work, good times and the future of the industry
News Mark Hoppus, Nick Lippman and Sherry Saeedi launch ‘venture capital-like’ artist incubator, Verswire Co-founders include veteran manager Nick Lippman and Veeps co-founder & COO Sherry Saeedi, with Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz serving as strategic advisor
Analysis Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Music both added more paying music users than Spotify in Q1 NetEase Cloud Music added 7.8 million paying users in Q1; Tencent Music added 4.0 million
News SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man talks the metaverse and his ‘Future Vision of K-Pop’ SM Entertainment's founder and Chief Producer delivered a speech at Stanford University On Friday, May 20
News Is Elon Musk going to save the music industry? This MBW op/ed comes from Ran Geffen, founder of XR connect development agency OMR and CEO of Amusica Song Management in Israel
Interviews News Troy Carter’s Venice is launching an NFT-gated members’ club – offering artist services, studios, and more Troy Carter talks about the Venice Music Collective and shares his thoughts on the future of Web3 and NFTs in the music industry
Analysis Blog Music streaming has a ‘tsundoku’ problem London-based music industry journalist Eamonn Forde on the future of music streaming's subscription model
News Music Web3 startup Highlight raises $11m from backers including Three Six Zero, WME Highlight aims to let anyone mint NFTs with no technical knowledge required
News Warner buys minority stake in Poland-based hip-hop concert promoter BIG Idea Deal will see the companies work together to launch new festivals
Analysis News From Universal dumping DIY distribution to Zach Katz at FaZe Clan: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News Universal dumps DIY distribution, as Spinnup goes invite-only Spinnup is changing to a 'curated artist discovery and distribution platform'
Interviews I have seen the future of music. It’s scary, and utterly brilliant. Our mind has been blown by Soundful. Yours will be, too.
News After returning as an NFT platform, LimeWire strikes first major label deal with Universal Music Group LimeWire says UMG artists can now use its platform to sell NFTs directly to fans and collectors
News BMG Chief Operating Officer Benjamin Katovsky exits Katovsky has served as Chief Operating Officer since July 2018
News Ghostly International and Secretly form All Flowers Group All Flowers Group will be the parent company of Ghostly and the newly launched hip-hop and r&b label, drink sum wtr