News Universal hires former SoundCloud exec Alvaro Galbete-Velilla to develop opportunities in Web3 and the Metaverse Kristen Bender also elevated to Senior Vice President, Digital Innovation Strategy & Business Development
News NetEase Cloud Music strikes licensing deal with J-pop and anime music company Pony Canyon Pony Canyon's catalog includes artists such as Official HIGE DANdism, GARNiDELiA, Kana Hanazawa
News From Steve Cooper’s last Warner interview to Concord’s $1.8bn bond offering… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Concord prices $1.8bn bond offering backed by over 1m music copyrights Transaction is claimed to be 'the largest asset-backed securitization offering of music rights in the industry to date'
Interviews The Steve Cooper exit interview: ‘All successful companies get to a point where they’d benefit from fresh eyes.’ In his last ever public interview as CEO of Warner Music Group, Steve Cooper talks achievements, fears... and the future
News Xplicit signs with Electric Feel Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing New management team and publishing partner for hit songwriter
Analysis News TuneCore has paid out $3bn to self-releasing artists to date TuneCore reported further that its music publishing division has paid artists close to $90 million to date
News Merlin partners with fitness app Supernatural to bring indie music to Meta Quest virtual workouts Supernatural claims to be 'world's first subscription-based, full-body fitness service for virtual reality'
Analysis News Hipgnosis Songs Fund revenues climb 7.5% YoY, streaming revenues up 15.8% YoY, in most recent half-year period Positive signs for Merck Mercuriadis-led company in latest set of public figures
News Tuned Global partners with two firms in the medical technology space, MediMusic and Nue Life Health Tuned Global to provide metadata, music content, and streaming service functionality through its suite of APIs
News Peter Frampton music interests acquired by BMG Peter Frampton is a Grammy award-winning, multi-Platinum-selling singer-songwriter
News Shilpa Das joins AVEX USA as VP, Head of Publishing & Label Administration Das joins Avex USA after eleven years with Reach Music Publishing
News After closing $100m fund, artist funding platform beatBread expands European business, led by industry veteran Mark Terry Terry will lead the company’s expansion in the UK and Continental Europe
News BMG acquires music interests of ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ singer-songwriter Chris Rea Deal includes his royalty interests in 17 studio albums
Interviews Jay Marciano on streaming, Coachella, macro-economics – and why ‘everyone’s a genius in a bull market’ The AEG Presents boss discusses the future for the live business in the face of a potential recessionary year for the wider world