Analysis Blog Myth-understandings: what price truth in musical memoirs? Eamonn Forde explores mythology in music biopics and documentaries
News BMG to release first David Bowie film officially sanctioned by his estate Tony Visconti to serve as the film's music producer
News Universal’s merch company, Bravado, appoints Epic Rights co-founder Jesper Poulsen as General Manager Poulsen was mentored by his fellow Epic Rights co-founder, Dell Furano
News Epic Games is building a new creator marketplace – and music looks likely to play a key role MBW spots job ad that hints something big is coming, following Epic's Bandcamp and Harmonix buys
News Create Music Group buys majority interest in YouTube channel network The Nations, launches Web3 JV Deal also includes the acquisition of the independent record label Lowly.
Analysis Blog Yes, Blockchain might well revolutionise music royalties. No, it’s not going to happen anytime soon. Tom Allen, founder of Curve Royalty Systems, urges caution and patience for those pinning their hopes on a tech-driven miracle
Interviews ‘None of us internally here work on algorithms or formulas; it’s about knowing your music, understanding, trusting and believing.’ British-born Ashley Page quit the major record companies 14 years ago to launch his own management company, Page 1 Management. With clients like Joel Little and Jawsh 685, things have gone rather well since.
News From Ed Sheeran’s copyright victory to the Grammys viewer stats: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
Interviews Behind Jack Harlow: Meet the manager guiding the Grammy-nominated star’s global success Chris Thomas talks MBW through the rise and rise of the Kentucky rapper – and the ambition to be the biggest artist on the planet
News Sam Cohen promoted to SVP of Business Development at 10K Projects Cohen joined 10K Projects in 2018
Analysis Blog Music merchandise is big business. But for touring artists, it’s callously inequitable. Eamonn Forde explores the economics of selling merch at music venues
News Rob Wells-led music tech startup ORFIUM acquires Japan-based content company Breaker INC Breaker's board of directors includes Shigeo Maruyama, ex-CEO of Sony Music Japan
News As vinyl sales soar, European pressing plant Record Industry and Bertus Distribution join forces The combined entity says that its pressing capacity will be "practically doubled" to around 25 million units per year
News Concord turned down a buyout offer of $5 billion, suggest Bloomberg sources Concord is majority owned by Michigan Retirement Systems
News Govinda Fichtner named Chief Technology Officer at pan-European licensing hub ICE Fichtner joins the company from web hosting firm IONOS