News This robot rapper has 9m followers on TikTok. The company that created him thinks traditional A&R is ‘inefficient and unreliable’ Anthony Martini, co-founder of Factory New, tells MBW about the concept behind his new label, its virtual artists and company's future goals...
Interviews News Having sold music rights to 125 people via NFTs, this blockchain platform is evolving again Lee Parsons talks MBW through last month's NFT sales – and why decentralized finance is the next step for his company
Interviews ‘The launch of [Integral] shows our absolute commitment to independent distribution worldwide.’ Kenny Gates explains why his company has re-branded and re-categorized its indie distribution arm
News The Who manager Bill Curbishley launches Trinifold Sports Management New agency was conceived by Curbishley and Golfing4Life founder, Jimmy Byers
News Reservoir could be going public via SPAC with $700m+ valuation Bloomberg reports that a public merger could be on the cards for acquisitive music rights company
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: IFPI, BMG x KKR, Warner x Tencent, TuneIn, IMPALA The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News US music industry leaders hammer Twitter for ‘rampant theft’ in joint letter on day of social media hearing Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is giving testimony to Congress today in a hearing about the promotion of misinformation and extremist content on social media platforms
News UK startup Forever launches Nile Rodgers VR Q&A experience. Is this the future of virtual meet and greets? Project was created in association with Universal Music UK and the National Portrait Gallery, with the involvement of Abbey Road Studios
News Alfonso Perez-Soto named President, Emerging Markets at Warner Recorded Music Exec's new brief covers Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, India and South Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean and Eastern Europe
News BMG inks global partnership with Montreux Jazz Festival Deal includes a three-part documentary series celebrating the history of the music festival
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Spotify, Hipgnosis, Grammys, YouTube, Universal x Boomplay The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News BTS label Big Hit Entertainment officially rebrands as HYBE Big Hit’s record label will maintain its identity as a label called Big Hit Music, under HYBE
News Madison Beer to debut Immersive Reality virtual concert made in Unreal Engine on TikTok Live Virtual event takes place in a full digital recreation of the Sony Hall concert venue in New York
News Warner’s ADA Latin inks global deals with several prominent Latin music labels and artists Among them are EDM veteran Toy Selectah’s Worldwide Records and Los Angeles indie label Cosmica Records