News Virgin Music Group extends distribution deal with South Africa’s Gallo Records and Content Connect Virgin Music will continue distributing music from Gallo and CCA artists globally, while the South African companies focus on artist development.
Analysis News Sony’s combined revenue from recorded music and publishing blasts past $3B milestone in calendar Q4 2025 ROSALÍA's LUX was Sony's biggest revenue-generating project around the globe in the last three months of 2025
News ElevenLabs, creator of Suno rival Eleven Music, raises $500m at $11bn valuation The latest round was led by Sequoia Capital, with partner Andrew Reed joining the ElevenLabs board.
Interviews With 40bn streams, $75m revenues last year, and double-digit growth forecast for 2026, Romania’s Global Records is redefining indie success in Central and Eastern Europe Global Records founder Ștefan Lucian on hitting 40bn streams, the company's revenue target for 2026 and more.
News Wan Yin Koh named VP, Business Development, Digital at Warner Chappell Music Asia Pacific Singapore-based executive will lead digital licensing and partnerships across the Asia Pacific region.
News Anghami appoints Meshal Abdullah Mohammad Ali as Chairman in board reshuffle The company counted 3.54m subs as of June 30, 2025 with over 120m total registered users
Analysis News Universal and Suno are in a PR battle over ‘walled gardens’ in AI music Suno exec Paul Sinclair pens memo taking aim at 'walled garden' approach championed by UMG in its recent AI licensing deals
Analysis RDx is quietly fixing the music industry’s data problem The following MBW op/ed comes from Mark Douglas, Chief Information Officer, PPL
Analysis UMG buying a stake in superfan app Stationhead is a bigger deal than you might realize. Here are 3 reasons why. Superfan monetization and D2C expansion continue to be strategic priorities for Universal Music Group.
News Suno hires former Spotify exec Sam Berger as Senior Director of Artist Partnerships Berger joins a team that includes industry professionals who previously worked at Snap, 88rising, Twitch, Splice, Atlantic Records, Motown Records, Capitol Records and Sony Music.
News Spotify to open Istanbul office, names Akshat Harbola as Managing Director for MENA and Türkiye Harbola says that Türkiye as a “priority market” for the streaming giant.
News BMG in talks to acquire Concord (report) Bertelsmann's BMG in talks to buy Concord, Bloomberg reports
News 60,000 AI tracks hit Deezer daily as platform moves to license detection tech to wider music industry Deezer also revealed that up to 85% of all streams on AI-generated music were fraudulent in 2025
News Universal Music acquires stake in superfan app Stationhead UMG's minority investment in the company follows Stationhead's merger with online music event platform Mellomanic
Analysis Why distinguishing human creation from AI mimicry matters more than ever The following MBW op/ed comes from Bobby Bickley & Ewan Bloor, Data Scientists at Beatdapp