Analysis Spotify faces its most crucial earnings call yet. Here are the 3 difficult questions MBW would be asking. After Netflix's shocker of a Q1, all eyes are on Spotify's equivalent fiscal announcement. Here's what MBW would ask Daniel Ek.
Interviews ‘I would like to see more women brought into the boardroom. We have come a long way, but still have a lot of work to do.’ In this feature, Cris Falcão, Ingrooves Music Group's Managing Director in Brazil, tells us about her career in the music industry, challenges in the market, and her objectives for 2022
Analysis Nearly 80% of artists on Spotify have fewer than 50 monthly listeners There is an ocean of music on Spotify that is a very long way from being popular
News After teaming up with SoundCloud, Splice partners with African music streaming service, Boomplay Companies to introduce 'beat battle' and new series of sample packs and collections called 'Beyond Afrobeats'
News Ankur Patel named Chief Business Officer at Venice Music Patel joins Venice from the music tech company Splice
News Universal Music Publishing Group inks global admin deal with Spanish-language TV network Univision Univision is the largest provider of Spanish-language TV content in the US
Interviews Luis Sánchez, CEO of AfinArte: ‘Latin artists are now global artists.’ MBW's Trailblazers series kicks off with one of Mexico's premier independent music entrepreneurs
News Jane Carter named President of Universal Production Music Carter will oversee the entirety of Universal Production Music and its entities worldwide
News ByteDance launches new music streaming service in China App is called Qishui Yinyue, and its catalog currently features 10m music tracks
News Spotify launches specialist K-Pop exec recruitment drive Candidate will join'a newly created team focused on breaking through K-Pop and K-culture driving communities'
News Cinq Music raises $100m from parent GoDigital to buy music rights, expand internationally GoDigital represents music from stars such as Anuel AA, Bad Bunny, and Jason Derulo
Interviews News Amy Thomson: How I’d Fix The Music Industry In 3 Easy Steps Hipgnosis' Chief Catalog Officer, Amy Thomson, on what she thinks needs to change in today's music biz
News From Sony’s $1bn Epic Games deal to Deezer’s IPO talks: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News Merlin strikes partnership with South Korean streaming app FLO FLO was launched in 2018 by South Korea-headquartered Dreamus Company
News BMG to release first David Bowie film officially sanctioned by his estate Tony Visconti to serve as the film's music producer