Analysis News Remember Spotify’s fake artists? They’re still going strong – and still attracting scandal. Have you heard of Firefly or Chillmi? Two of the biggest indie labels going, with so many artists on their books!
News Having clocked up billions of streams, L.A-based Honua Music expands with new deals, promotions Noah Gopen upped to President as Honua inks new partnerships with Global Records and Big Noise
News Diplo is the latest artist to let fans buy shares in his streaming royalties on $55m-backed NFT platform Royal Follows a sale from Nas on the platform in January
News Sony partners with advocacy organization GLAAD to advance LGBTQ representation in music Partnership includes several initiatives to advance LGBTQ advocacy and inclusion at Sony Music Group and within the broader music industry
Interviews ‘The pandemic reminded people how much they wanted to be at a show.’ Ben Lovett’s tvg Hospitality has raised $50m. Here, the Mumford & Sons musician and entrepreneur explains how his firm plans to spend that money…
News CISAC: ‘Each individual society should decide on whether to maintain their business relationships with Russian societies.’ CISAC clarifies position on RAO
News Global recorded music revenues reached $28.8bn in 2021, says Midia Estimates for global recorded music revenues in 2021 were published by Midia today (March 18)
News Universal strikes branding alliance with Malaysia’s Johor Darul Ta’zim Football Club… starting with a new song from Snoop Dogg and Joe Flizzow New track forms part of JDTFC’s wider global branding strategy, developed in partnership with UM SEA.
Analysis News Tempo Music’s catalog is up for sale – and we expect it to go for more than $500 million Tempo was founded by Providence in partnership with Warner Music Group in 2019
News Music’s next big-money buyout will be the Middle East’s Qanawat Music, sources tell MBW Qanawat Music operates as a music distributor across the Middle East and North Africa
Analysis News Spotify is paying $310m to Barcelona for a sponsorship. According to our calculations, that’s more than it’s ever paid an artist in royalties. Spotify announced its big deal yesterday. It's worth 89.08 billion streams.
News Mathew Knowles joins teaching staff at London music college LCCM – and there’s a full scholarship named after him, too. US music executive joins LCCM as a visiting lecturer
News TikTok’s partner for its new SoundOn distribution service is… TuneCore TikTok confirms that Believe's service has been signed up
Analysis News Is this the real reason Epic Games acquired Bandcamp? (Clue: It’s got nothing to do with the metaverse.) Did shock acquisition have more to do with Big Tech commission rates than it did virtual worlds?
News After taking its Electric Daisy Carnival to Roblox, Insomniac partners with Epic Games rival Unity to build metaverse world for virtual concerts Companies plan to build a 'new, persistent metaverse world' where fans can watch virtual concerts