Interviews ‘We want to be as transparent as possible, and as global as possible.’ Sony Music Publishing's Johnny Tennander on staying creative, and running the firm's Scandinavian company during a pandemic
News Jay Z’s Roc Nation makes VR move with purchase of SENSO tokens from $100m-backed Sensorium Corporation SENSO tokens are the in-platform currency of Sensorium Galaxy
News Hipgnosis has 36 songs in Spotify’s billion-plus streaming club… and more stats from the firm’s annual report Merck Mercuriadis states that, "Music has gone from being a discretionary or luxury purchase to very much being a utility."
News Bang Si-hyuk steps down as CEO of HYBE, formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment New CEO of HYBE has been named as Park Ji-won
News Tomi Oyewumi joins PPL as Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Partner The role will support PPL in addressing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion issues within the company
Interviews ‘The world is growing ever closer – and so are Universal’s global teams.’ Frank Briegmann is the latest interviewee in MBW's World Leaders series
News UK live music industry sues British government 'Without immediate government intervention, the festival industry is on the brink of collapse.'
News 340 TuneCore artists have been upstreamed to Believe labels as part of ‘Signed by’ program Artists identified as 'rising stars' are eligible to be upstreamed
News Ericka Coulter joins Warner Records as SVP of A&R Coulter was most recently VP of A&R at Epic Records
News Indian Music Industry launches country’s first International Top 20 Singles Chart based on streaming data Data will be aggregated from Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music
News Songtradr raises $50m in series D funding round Company has raised over $100m to date, valuing the firm at over $300m
News 300 Entertainment launches invite-only DIY distribution platform, Sparta 300 claims that Sparta offers "unmatched delivery speed and flexibility"
News Opulous just raised $6.5 million. Now it wants more artists to sell NFTs through its platform. Artists can sell both copyright NFTs and non-copyright NFTS through platform, thanks to recent Binance partnership
Interviews ‘Metrics matter but I would like to see more childlike curiosity and creative ideas in music.’ Newly named MD of Future Classic, Alice Young, discusses lessons learned across her career to date and what she’d change about the music industry and why
News Tilmann Richter joins Sony Music Germany as Vice President Live Ventures Richter will lead Sony Music's live division and the development of live campaigns for Sony Music artists