Interviews ‘Being straightforward and honest, not skirting around the issue, always yields the best results – and an understanding artist’ Adam Alpert on the rise of The Chainsmokers, the potential of Dove Cameron, hard work, good times and the future of the industry
News SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man talks the metaverse and his ‘Future Vision of K-Pop’ SM Entertainment's founder and Chief Producer delivered a speech at Stanford University On Friday, May 20
Interviews News Troy Carter’s Venice is launching an NFT-gated members’ club – offering artist services, studios, and more Troy Carter talks about the Venice Music Collective and shares his thoughts on the future of Web3 and NFTs in the music industry
News Music Web3 startup Highlight raises $11m from backers including Three Six Zero, WME Highlight aims to let anyone mint NFTs with no technical knowledge required
News Zach Katz joins FaZe Clan as President and COO, ahead of eSports firm’s expected $1bn SPAC merger Former BMG President teams up with Lee Trink, the one-time head of EMI Capitol
Analysis News From Universal dumping DIY distribution to Zach Katz at FaZe Clan: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News After suing Google over app store rules, Epic’s Bandcamp can continue using own payment system… for now. The latest chapter in the legal battle between Epic Games and Google
News Universal dumps DIY distribution, as Spinnup goes invite-only Spinnup is changing to a 'curated artist discovery and distribution platform'
Interviews I have seen the future of music. It’s scary, and utterly brilliant. Our mind has been blown by Soundful. Yours will be, too.
News Tuned Global teams with personalized music-for-gaming firm Reactional Music, in push to help gaming sector integrate music into gameplay B2B music streaming technology firm Tuned Global strikes deal to be Reactional Music's back-end music provider
Interviews ‘In country, I feel like the magic of songwriting is still very apparent and very dominant.’ MBW profiles country music writing royalty Ashley Gorley as part of our World's Greatest Songwriters series
Analysis Streaming’s surprise growth in Sweden suggests that, for Spotify, the time for price rises is now MBW turns a magnifying glass to Sweden and Brazil, and discovers some startling statistics about Daniel Ek's successes
News Ghostly International and Secretly form All Flowers Group All Flowers Group will be the parent company of Ghostly and the newly launched hip-hop and r&b label, drink sum wtr
Analysis Blog ‘What is currently an opaque black box of song royalties, needs to be transformed into a glass box.’ The following op/ed comes from Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive of the UK's Music Managers Forum
Interviews Gunnar Greve: Alan Walker, the metaverse, and why Web3 will ‘completely change the music industry’ Alan Walker's manager and co-composer on the future of the music business – and breaking China