News Ex-BMG UK President Alexi Cory-Smith launches acquisitive firm with €30m fund (update) Firm has also struck a direct deal with David Gray to buy his publishing catalog
News After investing $125m over the past year, Cutting Edge secures another $100m to buy film and TV music rights The initial $125m round 'has been fully deployed' according to the company
News Warner Chappell inks global publishing deal with South Korea’s MZMC Inc. MZMC Inc. was founded in 2019 by Paul Thompson
Analysis Blog Where is the growth going to come from? Geoff Taylor, formerly CEO of the BPI, casts his eye over a slowdown in growth in mature markets – and ponders how it might be accelerated
News Universal’s Epic Rights strikes merch and licensing partnership with the Luther Vandross estate 'Multi-category worldwide retail and e-commerce program to be developed for the legendary singer
News Patrick Moxey’s Ultra International Music Publishing expands into West Africa Harold Serero to oversee development of company's African operations
News From HYBE’s two $300m+ deals to Robert Kyncl’s first earnings call as WMG CEO…. it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
Interviews TikTok, indie tracks, AI, and tech-driven ‘efficiencies’: Robert Kyncl’s first earnings call at WMG wasn’t short on punchiness MBW digests the new Warner boss's first-ever earnings call
News Lou Al-Chamaa appointed SVP, Head of A&R Publishing at Avex USA Al-Chamaa spent six years at Sony Music Publishing as Vice President of A&R
News Ingrooves inks exclusive distribution deal with Australian indie label Teamwrk; to distribute rapper Masked Wolf globally Partnership builds on the two companies’ existing alliance signed in mid-2022
Analysis News Warner generated $1.48bn in calendar Q4, down 2.7% YoY; recorded music streaming revenues fell 2.6% YoY Company revealed these numbers as part of its calendar Q4 (fiscal Q1 ended December 31, 2022) financial results
News Switzerland-based MusicBird secures $100m loan facility from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to buy music rights Company entered the rights acquisition space in 2021
Analysis News Reservoir revenues rise 16% to $29.9m in calendar Q4 2022 Growth was driven by 14% YoY increase to the company's music publishing revenues
News Led by Scooter Braun, HYBE America buys Atlanta rap powerhouse Quality Control Quality Control, a music, sports, and film and television empire, was founded by Chief Executive Officer Pierre Pierre “P” Thomas and Chief Operating Officer Kevin “Coach K” Lee.
Analysis Blog It’s time to stop romanticising the music business ‘radical’ The following op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde