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
Interviews ‘With production music, there are no limits on the opportunities we can bring emerging talent.’ West One Music’s Global CEO Edwin Cox tells us more about the firm's origins, the evolution of the production music space, and how the globalisation of media has changed the way the company licenses its music
News Frank Rogers promoted to Chief Creative Officer at Spirit Music Group Rogers will continue to oversee Spirit Music Nashville’s operational activities
Interviews ‘Make music that you want to listen to. Don’t chase trends.’ Grammy-winning songwriter Starrah tells MBW about her breakthrough, her biggest hits, her methodology and philosophy
News Lauren Spencer Smith signs global music publishing deal with Warner Chappell Warner Chappell Music (WCM) has signed a global publishing deal with pop artist Lauren Spencer Smith.
News The Kobalt sale: 3 takeaways from the music industry’s biggest story of the moment Willard Ahdritz and Laurent Hubert on the future for Kobalt... under new ownership