News Sony Music Middle East and Spotify rival Anghami launch JV record label, Vibe Music Arabia Rami Zeidan will be leading Vibe Music Arabia as General Manager
News Don’t sleep on the creator revolution: Bandlab valued at $303m as it raises $53m BandLab is the flagship product of BandLab Technologies, a division of Singapore-based Caldecott Music Group (CMG)
Analysis News Hipgnosis Songs Fund now owns a catalog of 65,413 songs… worth a combined $2.55bn "As we look forward, despite the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, we continue to see a promising outlook for the music industry and our Catalogues."
News Apple tells staff: Work from home indefinitely Tim Cook announces move; staff were previously expected to return to the office in February
Interviews ‘There are still a lot of artists that deserve to live off their music. I would like it to happen faster.’ MBW interviews Sylvain Delange, Managing Director of Believe Asia Pacific, about the company's strategy in the Asia Pacific region...
News Tom Lewis and Laura Monks named co-Presidents at Decca Lewis and Monks officially take the reins at legendary British label
News Primary Wave acquires stake in bundle of James Brown rights in $90m deal Company has acquired a stake in James Brown’s publishing, master recording income stream, and name and likeness rights
Analysis News From Live Nation’s $416m acquisition to Spotify’s comedy battle: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News Utopia acquisition spree continues, as it buys ROSTR and ForTunes to launch new Creator Services Unit Mark Williamson, CEO and co-founder of ROSTR, will head the newly founded business unit at Utopia as Vice President of Creator Services
News Lauren Walsh named EVP of Branding and Marketing at Quality Control Music’s management arm Walsh has over 20 years of experience in the world of brand strategy and sports marketing
News Historic Beatles audio interviews to be auctioned as NFTs Each NFT will include unique artwork and a WAV file of the interview
News Deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin raise $4.5m to build ‘the leading music metaverse’ Could PIXELYNX build music's definitive metaverse?
Analysis News Universal vs Spotify: Which of music’s two giants will be worth more at the end of 2021? It's neck-and-neck right now, with Universal $7 billion ahead of Spotify following a damaging wave of headlines about stand-up comedians
News From BMG’s Mötley Crüe catalog buy to the UK’s rejected music bill – It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The music industry's biggest few stories from the past week, and why they matter