News Podcast company Audio Up raises nearly $10m, with plans to invest funds into music side of its business Company has raised $20m to date
News Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch 2023: Tananai, Thuy, Amelia Moore, Oxlade MBW's showcase series for VEVO's 2023 Artists To Watch continues
News Warner Music Group makes investment in virtual fashion platform DRESSX 'DRESSX is exactly the type of partner we need sprinting alongside us as we build for the future,' said
Interviews ‘The vinyl business is only going to grow. At the moment it’s where MP3 players were in the ‘90s.’ In this interview, we speak to Steve Rhodes, Co-founder and CEO of UK-based 'vinyl-on-demand' startup, elasticStage
Analysis News SoundCloud’s revenues grew 19% YoY to $273m in 2021. Now it’s predicting that ‘fandom will be the next big format for the music business’. 2021 was the first year that SoundCloud's annual revenues topped a quarter of a billion dollars
Interviews ‘A&R is not just about the music, it takes empathy and care and a desire to make things happen.’ Rima Tahini, Director of A&R for Nigeria-based label, Mavin Records, discusses lessons learned across her career and challenges in the African music market
Analysis Blog How Web3 is ushering in a new artist-centric era This op/ed comes from Vickie Nauman, Founder and CEO of LA-based boutique music tech consulting and advisory firm CrossBorderWorks
News Web3 music platform Public Pressure raises $6m led by blockchain-focused investor Scytale Funding startup's first music and gaming NFT project sale, which generated $2 million
News Universal hires former SoundCloud exec Alvaro Galbete-Velilla to develop opportunities in Web3 and the Metaverse Kristen Bender also elevated to Senior Vice President, Digital Innovation Strategy & Business Development
News From Steve Cooper’s last Warner interview to Concord’s $1.8bn bond offering… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
Interviews The Steve Cooper exit interview: ‘All successful companies get to a point where they’d benefit from fresh eyes.’ In his last ever public interview as CEO of Warner Music Group, Steve Cooper talks achievements, fears... and the future
Analysis News TuneCore has paid out $3bn to self-releasing artists to date TuneCore reported further that its music publishing division has paid artists close to $90 million to date
News VEVO DSCVR Artists To Watch 2023: FLO, GloRilla, piri + tommy, Ayra Starr Introducing the first batch of artists on Vevo's influential Artists To Watch 2023 list
Interviews Jay Marciano on streaming, Coachella, macro-economics – and why ‘everyone’s a genius in a bull market’ The AEG Presents boss discusses the future for the live business in the face of a potential recessionary year for the wider world
Interviews Martin Kierszenbaum on working with Sting, streaming’s impact on A&R, and why he’s a music biz optimist The Cherrytree Music Company founder discusses his career and industry views within MBW's World's Greatest Managers series