News MENA-based Netflix rival OSN+ to acquire majority stake in Anghami OSN to invest up to $50m in Anghami, as companies merge to create music and video streaming powerhouse in the MENA region
Analysis The modern record industry is moving into its ‘cut to grow’ phase. On layoffs at Warner Music Group and BMG, and an upcoming cost savings program at Universal Music Group
News Tracy Maddux steps down as Chief Commercial Officer of Downtown Music Holdings Maddux has served as CCO for Downtown since October 2020
News Universal Music expands Africa presence with Sewasew licensing deal in Ethiopia 'First-of-its kind' deal will bring artists signed to UMG's labels to the Ethiopia-focused streaming service
News Riot Games and BMG strike strategic partnership, extend global publishing admin deal Venture will focus on signing and servicing songwriters to frontline publishing deals with BMG
News How Warner Music France used AI to revive the voice of legendary artist Edith Piaf for an upcoming biopic Warner Music has partnered with the Estate of Edith Piaf on what it calls groundbreaking AI technology to recreate her voice and image
News TikTok strikes partnership with Spotify and Amazon Music to link app directly to music streaming services TikTok has launched a new feature called "Add to Music App" that lets its users save songs they discover via TikTok on the streaming services where they listen to their music
Analysis Live Nation’s Michael Rapino lays out the argument for why concerts – not streaming – are the future of the music biz Rapino spoke at length at Liberty Media's investor conference in New York last week, breaking down the economics of his company's field
News As YouTube launches new ‘Top Songs on Shorts’ chart, Lyor Cohen says ‘Shorts and music are symbiotic’ Platform's first-ever Shorts chart will showcase the most popular music on the short-form video platform in real time
News Orfium expands presence in Japan with Bandai Namco Music Live deal Partnership marks the company's latest deal in Japan
News Video-making app Canva launches library of licensed music from Warner, Merlin and other rightsholders The licensed music library will be available to users in the US, UK, Australia, Canada and 19 European countries
News From Spotify’s 1,000 plays threshold to Taylor Swift’s blockbuster 1989 rerecording… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
News Hipgnosis Song Management appoints Daniel Pounder as CFO, Jonathan Baker as General Counsel HSM currently services two clients: the Blackstone-backed private fund, Hipgnosis Songs Capital, and the UK-listed Hipgnosis Songs Fund
Interviews ‘When we show the artist something they don’t remember, and it all comes back to them. We get to witness that moment, that’s precious for us – and that’s also when we know the fans are going to lose their minds.’ Aviator talks 15 years of working with legends, taming the wild west and why the industry isn't prepared for a boomer-based digital tsunami
News Music funding platform beatBread launches advances of up to $3m for songwriters, hires BMG’s Spencer LeBoff LeBoff joins as General Manager of Publishing