News Warner Music UK Announces Joint Venture with Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings The first release under the new partnership will be Yussef Dayes’ debut album Black Classical Music
News Primary Wave makes strategic investment in India’s Times Music in deal worth $100m Partnership will see Primary Wave and Times Music invest in catalog opportunities in the Indian market
News Blackstone-owned production music house Audio Network buys Latin Music company Voodoo Tracks Deal marks company's first-ever acquisition of a music catalog
News Warner Music Singapore inks global distribution deal with Cross Ratio Entertainment Companies to work closely on new releases, catalogs, brand partnerships and more
News Reach Music acquires master and publishing rights for first two Judas Priest albums Reach buys both the master and publishing rights of Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings of Destiny from Gull Entertainments
News Songwriter Louis Bell sets new RIAA record with 8 Diamond-certified singles Louis Bell becomes first songwriter to achieve eight RIAA Diamond-certified singles, six of which he created in collaboration with Post Malone
News Warner Music’s WMX launches visual podcast series exploring The Notorious B.I.G.’s final album Series is entitled Iconic Records: Life After Death
News Lloyd Starr appointed Chief Operating Officer at music marketplace Discogs He was most recently President and COO of Vinyl Me, Please.
Interviews Shunsuke Muramatsu, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), on the CD’s continued dominance in the market, and how anime acts as a gateway to Japanese music worldwide MBW's World Leaders series speaks to Shunsuke Muramatsu, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Analysis Thoughts on Ghostwriter, Drake, AI… and why the music industry shouldn’t panic Andy Chatterley gives his perspective on the story the whole business is talking about
News Hipgnosis acquires writer’s share of performance income from Grammy-winning songwriter David Foster David Foster has won 16 Grammy Awards
Interviews ‘Downtown have trusted us to run the business in the way that made us successful in the first place’ Curve co-founder Tom Allen on the company's sale to Downtown and the future of the royalties sector
News John Minch transitions to songwriter advocacy role at Concord, Jeff Van Driel promoted to GM, International Operations Minch to step back from day-to-day managing of international publishing operations
News Position Music sells minority stake to Vesper, whose founders were involved in Kobalt investment Most historical Kobalt investors exited the company following its majority sale to US-based Francisco Partners in 2022, a deal believed to be worth around USD $750 million
News Music streaming contributed over $14bn to the US economy in 2021, according to DiMa study DiMA's 'The Impact of Digital Music Streaming' report was published earlier this week