News From Taylor Swift crashing Ticketmaster to Tencent Music’s 1,000+ AI songs… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
Analysis Blog While in Qatar, gently weep: music and the rancid politics of culture-washing at the World Cup Eamonn Forde gives his views on the upcoming football (soccer) World Cup, and music's involvement
News Downtown makes strategic investment in ‘LinkedIn for creatives’ Vampr 'Vampr has carved out an important niche in our industry,' said Downtown's Tracy Maddux
News Primary Wave buys Whitney Houston hits as part of deal with songwriters Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill Deal follows Primary Wave's $2 billion deal with financial giant Brookfield last month
News Reservoir wants to spend $100m on music rights this year. It says deal flow – and multiples – aren’t slowing down just yet. Golnar Khosrowshahi says Reservoir still has $2.1 billion pipeline deals still under discussion
News Vevo to launch six new channels on Hulu Live TV Channels include Vevo Pop, Vevo Hip-Hop, Vevo Country, Vevo ‘80s, Vevo ‘90s and Vevo Holiday
News Sound Royalties launches US West Coast unit led by StessCo’s Andrew Stess and David Blutenthal Partnership with StessCo will expand Sound Royalties’ existing team in Los Angeles
Analysis News YouTube Music and Premium surpass 80m paid subscribers That subscriber figure marks a 30 million increase on the last subscriber figure
Analysis News Labels asking TikTok for share of ad revenue in new deal talks (report) Bloomberg reports that the three majors are asking TikTok for a share of ad revenues in talks for new deals
Analysis News Reservoir Media revenues grow 10% YoY to $33.3m in calendar Q3 Company has published new investor filings for the three months to end of September
News Snoop Dogg signs with talent agency WME for representation in all areas 'WME is the only place that can handle the career I’ve built and grow it even further,' Snoop Dogg said
News Universal lands exclusive global publishing deal with China’s RYCE spanning 700+ songs Deal also includes 'expansive' K-Pop song catalog rights across greater China region
News Providence makes strategic investment in talent agency Wasserman Wasserman Founder Casey Wasserman will continue to retain a controlling stake
News FUGA strikes partnership with classical music company Naxos Naxos Music Group distributes more than 90,000 titles
Analysis News Spotify considering buying MENA-focused rival Anghami (report) Anghami listed on the NASDAQ in New York in February