News Madeleine van Schendel joins Armin van Buuren’s Armada Music as Chief Growth Officer Armada Music makes series of new hires after launching $100m catalog buying fund
News Reservoir aims to become the ‘largest holder of Arabic music copyrights…’ and 3 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call Music rights company Reservoir Media published its FY fiscal 2023 results this week
Interviews Music’s biggest companies are determined to better monetize ‘superfans’ on streaming platforms. Audius is already doing it. Audius co-founder Forrest Browning joins the latest MBW podcast
News Former Disney exec Troy Skabelund joins beatBread as Chief Financial Officer Skabelund will oversee all financial strategy and operations
News K-pop powerhouse JYP expands strategic alliance with Republic Records Companies originally entered into a strategic partnership in February 2020
News Steve Butler named Head of Legal & Business Affairs, North America at Warner Chappell Exec has overseen key acquisitions, including the company's purchase of David Bowie’s music catalog in early 2022
News David Loiterton joins Primary Wave as President, Indo-Pacific “David is an exceptional leader," said Larry Mestel, CEO & Founder, Primary Wave Music
News Reservoir’s revenues grew 13% YoY to $122.3m in its full fiscal year ended March 31 Reservoir has published the financial results for its fiscal Q4 2023 (calendar Q1 2023) and FY fiscal 2023, ended March 31, 2023
News Cutting Edge strikes eight-figure deal with pop songwriter and producer Jamie Hartman Hartman has written or co-written hits for artists such as Lewis Capaldi, Celeste, Calvin Harris, Rag’n’Bone Man and the Backstreet Boys
Interviews ‘Sync in all forms can be a game-changer for artists.’ Chris Jones and Sarah Pickering head up the sync department at Sony Music Publishing UK
News Apple expands availability of classical music streaming app to Android Android rollout arrives two months after the app launched on the App store
Interviews TikTok is under fire from some of music’s most powerful players. Its global music boss says the future’s bright – and answers some tough questions. Ole Obermann sits down with MBW to talk payouts, Resso, and that Australia experiment
News From the 120,000 tracks hitting streaming services daily to Universal’s AI sound partnership… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place
News CISAC reports ‘sharp’ rise in collections in Greece and global music identifier system progress in annual report International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) has published its latest annual report
News Personalised video platform HiNOTE teams up with Ticketmaster, Wu-Tang Clan and De La Soul Platform has secured what it says is a "strategic placement" on Ticketmaster