News ATC Management names trio of new manager partners Brandon Sanchez, Jordan Alper and Ben Rafson join company’s newly opened New York office
News Record labels welcome UK competition authority report on streaming, as Merck Mercuriadis slams CMA for not using ‘powers they have to fix the problems they identify’ Streaming market study report receives mixed response from the music industry
Interviews News Lyor Cohen: ‘The music industry is facing one of our biggest crises to date.’ Cohen argues that YouTube Shorts offers a distinctive difference to the likes of TikTok or Instagram Reels
News UK competition watchdog finds major record labels are not ‘making significant excess profits that could be shared with creators’ Competition and Markets Authority's final report published
Interviews News How $40m-backed Symphonic Distribution plans to be a ‘true alternative’ to traditional labels Founder & CEO Jorge Brea on the challenges in the distribution space and how his company is trying to differentiate itself
Analysis The music industry isn’t ready for the AI revolution. Fruits Music founder, Stef Van Vugt, believes that AI will create a major opportunity for ambitious companies to challenge the majors
Interviews ‘Streaming has unshackled us to compete and unshackled artists to be heard.’ Mom + Pop founders discuss the development of the label and the challenges that come with working in the independent market today
News FUGA forms partnership with electronic label group Insomniac Music Group Insomniac houses a number of labels in the electronic music space
Interviews News Artist financing platform beatBread closes $100m fund to ’empower independent artists and labels’ Launched in November 2020, company has made over 500 advances to artists and labels
News Warner Chappell signs singer-songwriter Amy Allen to global admin deal Allen is best known for writing top hits for Harry Styles, Halsey, Selena Gomez and Lizzo
Interviews ‘Our dream is that Vybbe becomes one of the leading entertainment companies in Brazil.’ MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Carlos Aristides, CEO of Brazil-based music company Vybbe
News From Taylor Swift crashing Ticketmaster to Tencent Music’s 1,000+ AI songs… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
Interviews ‘What I would say I’m proudest of at ADA is the culture. There’s a way in which we do things that, when people join us, they sign up to.’ Howard Corner, Managing Director of ADA at Warner Music UK, is celebrating 30 years in the music industry, and nearly a decade at the helm of Warner UK’s Artist and Label Services division.
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Interviews News With AWAL and Platoon both acquired, Tencent-backed FRTYFVE is becoming an indie power player in artist services London-headquartered FRTYFVE has doubled revenues annually since Tencent invested in it in 2020