News Amy Thomson leaving full-time role at Hipgnosis; Merck Mercuriadis pays tribute to ‘fearless’ exec, who will remain a consultant to company Thomson joined Hipgnosis two years ago following a highly successful stint in artist management
Analysis News US recorded music revenues hit $7.7bn in H1 2022, but growth slowed compared to H1 2021 RIAA has published its 2022 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report
News YouTube launches ‘Creator Music’ licensing hub, and a new revenue sharing model for Shorts Creators can buy music licenses via the hub
Analysis News Guy Moot on the globalization of music and the ‘new songwriter economy’ Warner Chappell Music's Co-Chair and Chief Executive Officer delivered a keynote speech at this week’s All About Music conference in India.
News Charlotte Saxe promoted to SVP, Legal & Business Affairs at Warner Music UK James Radice to step down from his role after eight years
News Kobalt makes up with Meta: New deal struck to license 700,000 songs for Facebook 'We’re pleased to announce that Kobalt’s repertoire is once again licensed on Meta Platforms in the US,' states memo obtained by MBW
News From YouTube’s $6bn payout to UMG’s mtheory label division acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Confirmed: Concord acquires Hitco Entertainment record label assets Concord acquires HitCo's 'entire sound recording catalog and certain recent releases'
News Round Hill acquires music royalty interests of legendary producer Bruce Fairbairn He worked with Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Van Halen and more
News Podcast subscription service Podimo raises $58.7m in fresh funding Latest raise follows Podimo's $78 million Series B round in November
Interviews Concord turned down a $5bn+ acquisition offer. It explains why – and where it’s going next. Concord CEO, Scott Pascucci, and President, Bob Valentine, map out an "aggressive" next five years for the US company
News Scott Cohen to exit Warner as Chief Innovation Officer Warner hired Cohen to the newly created position of Chief Innovation Officer, Recorded Music back in March 2019
Interviews ‘I’m confident that in the future, 15-20% of all music on the global charts will be by African artists.’ MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Martin Nielsen, CEO of African music streaming service Mdundo
News Reservoir and PopArabia acquire Lebanese label and music publisher, Voice of Beirut Reservoir says that the acquisition builds on its emerging markets strategy
Analysis News Universal acquires mtheory’s label division; JT Myers and Nat Pastor to run UMG’s global artist services business Execs appointed Co-CEOs of a new global division, Virgin Music Group