News Primary Wave acquires all rights of Regent Music Corporation and Jewel Music Publishing Co Deals bring to Primary Wave works of jazz giants Lionel Hampton, Thelonious Monk and Django Reinhardt
News Clare Byrne promoted to General Manager at Ignition Records Byrne has been with Ignition since 2007, most recently as Head Of Marketing
News From HYBE’s $1bn revenues to Warner’s $750m BlackRock fund: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter
News David K. Dormon appointed General Counsel at Downtown Music Holdings He replaces Peter Rosenthal
Analysis News Why are major music companies using other people’s money to buy copyrights? MBW founder Tim Ingham responds to recent music biz goings-on in our Talking Trends podcast
News BMG: Broken Bow is Jason Aldean’s label home until at least 2030 BMG-owned Broken Bow Records has been Jason Aldean's record label home for nearly two decades.
News Spirit Music Group buys Jason Aldean masters in $100m+ deal Spirit will own 90% of the catalog, as Aldean holds on to 10%, MBW understands
News BlackRock teams with Warner to launch new $750m music-buying fund via Influence Media Deal comes three years after Warner launched Tempo Music with Providence Equity Partners
News Thought streaming exclusives were over? Think again. Middle Eastern mega-star Amr Diab signs exclusive multi-year licensing deal with Anghami
Analysis News HYBE, home of BTS, surpassed $1bn in revenues in 2021 – the year it acquired Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings HYBE spent $1 billion on Braun's company in April 2021, and has seen a 58% jump in annual revenues
News Now Sony Music gets clearance for $255m Som Livre acquisition in Brazil MBW confirms that Brazil's CADE has given the green light
News Downtown inks global music publishing deal with Alejandra Ghersi Rodriguez, aka Arca Arca has worked across multiple tracks on Kanye West’s Yeezus album, and produced/co-wrote on Bjork’s Vulnicara and Utopia albums
News Spotify’s $90 Car Thing device now on sale publicly in the US Car Thing is only available for Spotify Premium users
News Sandra Croft joins Downtown Music Services as Marketing Manager in the UK Chelsey Blow also named Client Services Coordinator at the company
News Warner strikes deal with sports music licensing company ClicknClear ClicknClear claims to be the world’s only specialist music rights tech and licensing company for performance sports