News AI-powered music-making Roblox game developer Splash raises $20m ‘to launch the next generation of superstars’ Funding round was co-led by Amazon’s Alexa Fund and BITKRAFT Ventures with participation from Khosla Ventures and King River Capital
News UnitedMasters valued at $550m, after raising $50m in new funding round Round was led by Andreessen Horowitz
Analysis News Sony Music’s quarterly streaming revenues burst above $1bn for the first time MBW breaks down the numbers in an historic quarter for Rob Stringer's major
News Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s first statement to investors as the CEO of a publicly-traded Universal Music Group UMG boss outlines "long-term, career-oriented" vision for the future
News Primary Wave buys stake in Luther Vandross publishing and master recording income stream as part of $40m deal (report) Vandross has sold over 40 million records worldwide
News Ingrooves expands into Italy, names Luca Stante as Country Manager for the market Stante was previously CEO and MD of Believe Italy and MD of Tunecore Italy
News Erica Clayton promoted to Senior Director, Client Success, at Tunecore Clayton joined the company in 2019
Analysis News Warner Music Group is worth $10bn more than it was a year ago Universal stays above $50 billion... as its rival's market worth goes gangbusters
Interviews ‘I wake up every day and I don’t know what is going to happen. Life is never dull.’ MBW's latest World's Greatest Managers interview is with Stuart Camp, Ed Sheeran's main man and the founder of Grumpy Old Management
News Warner music launches new hip-hop label Asiatic Records to create ‘superstars in the genre’ The first artist to join the new label's roster is RAMENGVRL
Interviews ‘I would like to see the music industry develop a more positive relationship with technology companies.’ Mary Megan Peer discusses lessons learned across her career, how to run a successful publishing company, and a few big picture issues
News Reactional Music wants gamers to make in-game music purchases, using its patented music integration engine New tech promises to let users personalize their gaming experience to their favourite songs or artists
Interviews News What do Blackstone’s billions mean for Merck Mercuriadis’ mission for songwriters? The Hipgnosis founder joins Blackstone's Qasim Abbas in MBW's in-depth interview RE: the deal everyone's talking about
News Andrea Bocelli signs exclusive multi-album global deal with Universal Music Group He has sold over 90 million albums to date and generated more than five billion streams