News Trinh Tham joins Universal Music Canada as Senior Vice President, Revenue & Digital Strategy Tham will oversee UMC’s digital marketing, streaming and music strategy, data analytics and commercial affairs teams
News Universal Music Group strikes licensing deal with African music service Mdundo Mdundo reports to have 17 million active monthly users across Africa
News Tencent Music’s QQ Music becomes China’s first domestic streaming service to support Dolby Atmos sound Announcement marks the start of a strategic partnership between Tencent Music and Dolby
News After raising $4.5m, Keatly Haldeman’s Dequency officially launches Web3 music licensing marketplace Company raised $4.5m via an investment round led by Borderless Capital
News Songwriters Savan Kotecha and Carl Falk Gramer invest in Swedish sound tech company Audiodo Company claims that it can map out "a precise and thorough understanding of your hearing" in under three minutes
News Music veteran Irv Gotti sells stake in Murder Inc. master recordings to Iconoclast as part of $300m deal Los Angeles-based Iconoclast was founded by Olivier Chastan
News Superstar songwriter, producer and artist Tainy renews global deal with Sony Music Publishing Tainy produced nine songs on Bad Bunny’s record-breaking album 'Un Verano Sin Ti', and has worked with Cardi B, Dua Lipa and Selena Gomez
News Kylie Jeffrey and Claire Marshall join Australasian concert promoter Frontier Touring Kylie Jeffrey is named Ticketing Director, while Claire Marshall takes on the role of Partnerships Director
News Licensing platform Lickd strikes metaverse music deal with Decentraland’s Vegas City 24-month partnership will see Lickd provide commercial music to Vegas City partners and 'tenants'
News Rehegoo Music partners with B2B music firm Tuned Global to launch new background streaming service New streaming service is called Music for Spaces
Interviews ‘A decade in music is a millennium in other industries.’ Downtown Music Services COO, Ben Patterson, answers MBW's questions
News Music industry veteran Robin Godfrey-Cass to exit Round Hill Carlin as UK MD Music industry veteran to leave publisher after four-and-a-half years with the company
Analysis Blog The Decentralization Paradox The following MBW op/ed comes from Dan Symons, founder of SPLIT / LIP, a Web3 and metaverse business consultancy for rights owners
News Raphaël Awóṣéyìn named Chief Marketing Officer at hi-res music service Qobuz Marc Zisman has also been appointed Chief Music Officer at the company
News Downtown inks publishing and label services deal with Jamaica’s Geejam Music 'There is an exciting musical renaissance at play in Jamaica,' said Geejam Music founder, Jon Baker