News Leslie Ahrens promoted to Managing Director & EVP Creative Latin America at Kobalt Kobalt elevates longtime exec Leslie Ahrens to lead Latin America, as Nestor Casonu exits after 11 years.
News Suno is raising another $250 million+ at a $5 billion valuation (reports) Suno will likely raise above $250 million, the same amount that it pulled in during its Series C just six months ago, sources told Billboard.
News Suno is now the ‘controller’ of Songkick user data – and is hiring a GM to wire it into its AI music platform Emails sent to Songkick users on Thursday (April 30) confirmed that personal data held by the platform "will be transferred to Suno, who will become the controller responsible for that data going forward."
Analysis News From The Orchard acquiring Brazil’s OniMusic to the BMG-Concord merger… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
Interviews ‘Artists often fail when you give up too much responsibility to others.’ MBW's Trailblazers series meets Alternate Side Management founders Evange Livanos and Zack Zarrillo
Interviews ‘We’re finally in a place where we can win and retain the artists and labels we’ve always wanted to work with.’ MBW's Inspiring Women series meets Kristin Graziani, co-CEO of Los Angeles-based music distribution platform Stem
News ElevenLabs officially launches ElevenMusic as AI music creation and streaming platform with licensed remix model ElevenMusic, which runs on a fully licensed music model, now has more than 4,000 independent and emerging artists signed on.
News Tech startup Nebula partners with Ghazi Shami’s Supply Chain to launch what it calls an ‘earn-before-you-stream’ music distro service The new service lets fans invest in artists' music via Nebula's marketplace
News India’s Times Music buys Punjabi record label Catrack Entertainment — in third acquisition since striking $100m JV with Primary Wave Punjabi specialist Catrack was founded in 1990, with a catalog that spans what the company describes as a 'golden era' of the genre.
News Sorry, AI artists. Spotify’s not letting you become ‘verified’ on its platform. Spotify is introducing a new verification badge for artist profiles.
News The UK’s PRS for Music paid out $1.41B to songwriters, composers and publishers in 2025 Royalty collections at UK collection society grew 7.7% YoY to $1.63B
News Dirty Hit opens first continental European office in Berlin, led by EU Label Manager Noura Labbani Labbani will lead Dirty Hit's European operations for its full roster
Interviews BMG+Concord is the music industry’s biggest bet in years. What’s the plan? Thomas Coesfeld and Bob Valentine answer MBW's questions on a mega-merger – and ambitious targets
Analysis News Spotify Co-CEOs outline AI ambitions and more on Q1 2026 earnings call Here are five things we learned from the company's Q1 earnings call
News BMG and Concord confirm merger, with Bertelsmann as majority-owner; Bob Valentine named CEO of combined company The combined company will be owned approximately 67% by Bertelsmann, and 33% by affiliates of Great Mountain Partners, a long-time investor in Concord