News Angelica Camacho joins Primary Wave as Vice President, Creative A&R Camacho joins Primary Wave from TaP Music
News Merlin appoints Facebook Music exec Jeremy Sirota as its new CEO Sirota also previously held a number of senior positions at Warner Music Group
News Sonos sues Google, alleges patent infringement Speaker company alleges infringement of five patents
Analysis Blog Tencent’s Move to Buy 10% of Universal Music Group Shows the Global Music Business Is In Excellent Health Nue Agency founder Jesse Kirshbaum on the biggest music biz deal of the year
News Beggars leaves ADA to join Redeye, alongside Domino, for physical distribution in the US Deals follow US physical product supply chain problems that arose in 2019
News Jannika Nyqvist named Director, Marketing & Artist Services at Sony Music Finland Exec was previously a Marketing Manager at Universal Music Finland
News Warner Music Turkey launches as major expands partnership with Doğan Gülce Özyeşilpınar named General Manager of Warner Music Turkey
News TikTok rival Triller breaks 26.5m monthly users, names mega-roster of investors & partners Snoop Dogg, The Weeknd, Marshmello, Lil Wayne, Gee Roberson, Moe Shalizi, Wassim Sal Slaiby, Amir Cash Esmailian, Ash Pournouri and others join as investors
News UK tech firm OCL launches mobile D2C marketing platform, Portes Platform will allow artists to create bespoke engagement and VIP experiences for fans
Analysis News How podcasts are damaging the potential growth of the recorded music business Music streaming services – particularly Spotify – are morphing into something else entirely
Blog Spotify end of year stats…there’s a lot to unwrap This MBW blog comes from Matt Brinkworth, who is an artist manager and Head of Digital at Omnian Music Group
Interviews ‘I want everyone on my roster to have peace and leave a lasting impact on the world, through music.’ Natalie Prospere, manager of Lucky Daye, Varren Wade and others, is profiled in MBW's Inspiring Women series
News Ed Howard and Briony Turner named Co-Presidents of Atlantic Records UK Well-regarded duo succeed Ben Cook, who left Atlantic in October
News ICM Partners sells minority stake for $150m to Crestview Partners Private equity firm buys a third of Migos, Khalid talent agency