News The Raine Group raises $760m for latest growth equity fund Raine Group is investor in music companies such as SoundCloud, C3 Presents, Amuse, and Firebird
Interviews Instrumental invites independent labels to join its AI-powered ‘Label Builder’ program – with guaranteed 20% streaming revenue growth Conrad Withey and team explain Instrumental's confidence in promising indie label clients a revenue uplift from streaming
Interviews ‘We don’t bow to pressure from numbers on a screen. It’s about your artistry and how you speak to your fans.’ MBW's Inspiring Women series interviews Twiggy Rowley, who co-manages Charli XCX alongside her business partner Sam Pringle and Brandon Creed in the US
Analysis Blog ‘Clustering reduces the risk of the wrong rights owners being paid and assists in making performer line-ups as complete and consistent as possible.’ PPL’s Chief Information Officer Mark Douglas examines the potential for ‘clustering’ to help solve problems ranging from accuracy to fraud…
News Tina Davis promoted to President at EMPIRE Davis was previously EMPIRE’s Senior Vice President of A&R
News AWAL expands into India, South Asia with OKListen acquisition India's domestic music market was worth USD $319 million in 2022, a figure that was up 48% YoY
News From a $500m deal for Warner Bros’ film music catalog to Scooter Braun’s NDA… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The headlines from the past week you can't afford to miss...
News BMG acquires Paul Simon royalty streams from Simon & Garfunkel recordings in ‘significant transaction’ Deal does not cover Simon's work as a solo artist
News Seat Unique, an online marketplace for exclusive live event tickets, raises $9m in series A fundraising Funding was led by London-based firm Nickleby Capital
News AI music platform that streams fake Drake tracks raises $20m Platform features AI versions of many popular artists
Analysis Hyper space: when A&R overreaches itself The following op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
Interviews ‘These relationships weren’t made by sending beats, they had to be built. We had to meet and like each other, go through ups and downs.’ MBW’s World’s Greatest Producers series interviews Bryan-Michael Cox
News From the Taylor Swift catalog sale saga to music publishers’ $250m lawsuit against Twitter… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place
News Return of the SPAC? Entertainment and sports-focused ESH Acquisition Corp prices $100m IPO Blank check company may pursue "record labels, music and television streaming services, production companies and publishing houses."
News TikTok plans to invest ‘billions of dollars’ in Southeast Asia Company's CEO was speaking at a forum organized by TikTok in Singapore