Interviews With 20bn streams to date and annual revenues of over €25m, Romania’s Global Records sets its sights on expansion in the GSA region Diana Munteanu, Head of Label at Global Records, and Julian-Dominik Vicari, the company's new market head in Germany on the company's strategy for the GSA region.
News Africa-focused music streaming service Mdundo reaches 26.6m Monthly Active Users Mdundo also reported a 239% YoY jump in revenue from paid subscriptions
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Justin Kalifowitz Downtown's founder reflects on the songs that have helped shape his life and career
News Walter Kolm’s WK Entertainment forms partnership with Andres Castro’s Hits Don’t Lie Companies enter co-management deal for Latin music stars Zion & Lennox and Silvestre Dangond
News Hari Nair appointed Chief Executive Officer of Tips Industries Tips Industries appoints Sony and ByteDance veteran as CEO
Analysis News Spotify develops AI-powered voice cloning tool that can translate podcasts into multiple languages The new AI tool can translate podcasts into additional languages, all in the podcaster’s own voice
News From BTS renewing their HYBE contracts to Deezer raising its prices again… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
News Deezer raises prices for SECOND time in 12 months: Individual subscription now €11.99 per month in France, Spain, as Family Plan balloons to £19.99 per month in UK UK price remains at £11.99 a month – one pound more than Deezer's rivals in territory
News Pieter van Rijn joins the Board of Directors at Downtown Music Holdings Exec is President of the group’s business and professional services division, Downtown Music
News Virgin Music strikes distribution partnership with Position Music Independent publisher, record label and management firm has a catalog of over 35,000 songs
News Music tech company SonoSuite joins Spotify, YouTube, others in ‘Friends of IMPALA’ program Trade body's 'Friends' initiative is designed to facilitate collaboration between companies and the independent music sector
News Universal introduces new ‘music-centric’ wellness app Sollos, strikes partnership with Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global Company made the announcements at its first Music + Health conference
News Rachel Jacobson appointed Senior Vice President, Creative Sync at Warner Chappell Music Exec previously served as Head of Sync and Artist Relations for the Paris-based Because Music Group
News $200m-backed Multimedia Music acquires music library of Hollywood film company Millennium Media Multimedia Music says it has deployed over $150m on acquisitions since launching in late 2021
News Japan’s Avex inks YouTube management deal with music tech startup Orfium News follows Orfium's acquisition of Japan-based content company Breaker INC in 2022