Interviews Why SoundCloud has the music business right where it wants it. Michael Weissman, CEO of SoundCloud, answers MBW's questions on payout models, tipping, and where the music industry's headed
People: Craig KallmanChairman & CEO, Atlantic Records Craig Kallman has led Atlantic Records as CEO since 2005
News Poo Bear inks JV with Def Jam for his label Bearthday Music He has amassed nearly 300 major songwriting and production credits
News Tencent Music gets new CEO as Cussion Pang takes new role Zhu Liang (Ross Liang) appointed as Chief Executive Officer
News African music service uduX launches PopRev, an investment platform that lets fans buy shares in artists’ music Platform to launch in partnership with Nigeria-based FinTech firm PiggyVest
News Warner Music Asia launches Pan-Asian dance label, Whet Records First signing is producer and DJ Lizzy Wang
News Sony pumps another $200m into Fortnite maker Epic Games as part of $1bn funding round MBW estimates that Sony now owns between 2% and 2.5% in Epic Games
Interviews UnitedMasters’ Steve Stoute: ‘Record companies’ ownership in artists’ intellectual property will diminish.’ Steve Stoute tells MBW about what Apple's investment means for UnitedMasters and gives us his predictions for the future role of record labels in the music industry...
Blog How to fix streaming without wrecking music… This MBW blog comes from Paul Pacifico, CEO of the UK's Association of Independent Music (AIM)
News Patreon is now valued at $4bn after raising $155m in latest funding round Platform's creators have earned over $2bn since the company’s inception in 2013
News Another $1bn washes into the music business, as CTM partners with US fund to buy publishing and master rights Partnership has already acquired over 1,000 songs from TEN Music Group, including hits by Rihanna and Shakira
Interviews Synchtank’s IRIS has already processed hundreds of millions of dollars. Now it’s being made available to music publishers large and small. Synchtank's speciality Royalty Accounting package provides a bespoke and scalable solution for a crucial and growing challenge
News BMG and KKR are ready to spend $1bn on music copyrights – and that’s just for starters… BMG's Hartwig Masuch and KKR's Nat Zilkha on the music industry's new acquisitive super-alliance
News Scooter Braun sells Ithaca Holdings to HYBE, formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment, for $1 billion Ithaca owns SB Projects as well as Big Machine Label Group and more
News Sony Music is buying Som Livre, Brazil’s biggest homegrown record label, for $255m MBW forecast a nine-figure buyout for Som Livre last month on these very pages