News Dinesh Ratnam appointed Managing Director of Warner Music Malaysia Exec will report to Chris Gobalakrishna and Jonathan Serbin, Co-Presidents of Warner Music Asia
Analysis News From Taylor Swift’s $100m in concert film presales to Deezer’s latest artist-centric agreement… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days...
News Jason Klein named Permanent CEO at Anthem Entertainment amid senior leadership shakeup Klein previously served as Senior Vice-President, Legal & Business Affairs and General Manager for Anthem’s Canadian operations
Interviews With its patented music integration engine and in-game purchases, Reactional Music claims to be ‘the missing link’ between the music and games industries. Reactional President David Knox on the opportunity for music in the gaming industry, and how the company’s technology works...
News Ryan Tedder calls Lindgren ‘the German wunderkind’. Now they’ve inked a partnership deal – as Lindgren renews his agreement with Sony Music Publishing Deal expands long-standing relationship with SMP
News Spotify gives Premium subscribers access to 150,000+ audiobooks, and 15 hours free listening per month New offer to launch in the UK and Australia on October 4, with a later rollout in the US
News Ex-Spotify exec Jacob Deshayes named Chief Content Officer at Reactional Music; gaming veteran Kelly Sumner appointed Chairman Reactional claims to be 'the world’s first rule-based music engine, music delivery platform and personalization engine.'
News Spotify has patented a ‘digital mixtape’ generator that compiles users’ voice recordings with songs New patent issued to Spotify describes 'a system for generating and distributing a digital mixtape'.
News Dominican superstar rapper El Alfa inks multi-million-dollar deal with Sound Royalties Sound Royalties provides royalty financing for music creators, independent labels, publishers, and distributors
News BandLab rolls out integration with beat marketplace Airbit BandLab Technologies acquired Airbit earlier this year
News Saregama, India’s oldest label, buys majority stake in digital entertainment firm Pocket Aces in $20m deal Saregama has acquired a 51.8% stake in Pocket Aces
Analysis News From Ed Sheeran’s copyright victory to Songtradr buying Bandcamp… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
News Rick Ross and Maybach Music Group strike partnership with Larry Jackson’s $1bn-backed gamma Also joining gamma is Breyon Prescott, including his Chameleon Entertainment label and catalog
Analysis Warner Music Group boss Robert Kyncl on AI, why labels still exist, and 2 other things we learned from his Q&A at the Code Conference Kyncl spoke during a Q&A session at the Code Conference in Laguna Niguel, California, this week
News Hipgnosis Songs Fund Chair, Andrew Sutch, to step down; all-important ‘continuation vote’ looks likely to happen on October 26 Shareholders will vote on whether to keep Hipgnosis Songs Fund as a close-ended investment entity next month