News Markku Lonnqvist named Chief Investment Officer at Hipgnosis Song Management Hipgnosis Song Management is the investment advisor to two Hipgnosis-branded funds: the UK-listed Hipgnosis Songs Fund, and the Blackstone-backed private fund, Hipgnosis Songs Capital
News From the United States’ $15bn revenue to Downtown’s $200m indie artist fund: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News Now SoundExchange pulls out of Russia SoundExchange has terminated its agreement with the Russian Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS)
News Media company A+E Networks acquires minority stake in Range Media Partners Deal includes a 'strategic minority investment' by A+E into Range Media Partners
News TuneCore strikes partnership with ByteDance-owned video platform Douyin Douyin is a sister app of TikTok for the Chinese market
News UK collection society PRS cuts ties with Russian counterpart. But why is it having to act alone? PRS for Music has formally suspended its rights representation relationship with Russia's RAO
Analysis News Even without AWAL, Kobalt Music Group is a $600m+ annual business… and comfortably profitable Company posted first ever full year of EBITDA profitability in FY2021
News ‘The catalog deals market in Europe will continue to accelerate.’ Hein van der Ree tells MBW about how €100m-backed Pythagoras Music Fund fits into the music rights acquisitions market...
News Warner joins $14m funding round in AI music startup LifeScore, founded by Siri co-inventor Tom Gruber Total funds raised by the company hits £12m ($15.7m)
Analysis News Universal Music Group spent $459m on catalog acquisitions last year… less than half what it spent in 2020 New investor presentation reveals interesting numbers and facts around UMG's acquisition strategy
News YMU launches new record label, AmperSounds, headed up by Alistair White AmperSounds has already named several signings to
News Universal expands Capitol Records into China, led by General Manager Tom Tang UMG has also launched a new standalone International division in the market
News Bandcamp acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games Bandcamp will continue to operate as a standalone marketplace
News Universal and Sony spent $550m buying Bob Dylan’s music rights. Now they’re making NFTs with him. Bob Dylan's new NFT platform Snowcrash partners with Sony and Universal
Analysis News Live Nation: We will not do business with Russia following Ukraine invasion "We will not promote shows in Russia, and we will not do business with Russia."