News Red Hot Chili Peppers receive Star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame Merck Mercuriadis, who acquired the band's song catalog last year at Hipgnosis, pays tribute
News Confirmed: Universal IS disregarding unrecouped balances for heritage artists UMG launches 'worldwide goodwill program for certain legacy featured recording artists and songwriters'
Analysis News BMG’s annual revenues grew 10.1% to $784m in 2021 Bertelsmann confirms music company's latest annual fiscal numbers
News Partisan Records launches publishing division Left Music, headed up by Craig Michie Company has also signed a global administration agreement with Sony Music Publishing UK.
Analysis News An MBW reader just blew open the Spotify fake artists story. Here’s what they have to say. This is an email you're gonna want to read
News Mike Whelan named Senior Vice President and General Manager of Round Hill Music Nashville Whelan began his career in 1986, working with producer Norro Wilson and songwriters such as Steve Cropper and Mentor Williams
News After raising $34m, music funding platform beatBread names Advocacy Council including Mike Caren and more Execs to give feedback on new features planned for the beatBread platform
Analysis News Remember Spotify’s fake artists? They’re still going strong – and still attracting scandal. Have you heard of Firefly or Chillmi? Two of the biggest indie labels going, with so many artists on their books!
Interviews ‘Our industry has become so meshed with technology, yet we’re still battling to get many of those companies to see the value of music.’ Music business lawyer Erin M. Jacobson discusses lessons learned across her career, what managers and artists should be wary of from a legal perspective, exciting developments in music, and much more besides
Interviews ‘I believe that today we are in a place where Indian music can cross over globally.’ Times Music COO, Mandar Thakur, discusses the country's industry as part of our World Leaders series
News Warner partners with pre-licensed music for games platform STYNGR WMG to supply game developers with access to pre-licensed tracks from portions of its music catalog
News Brigette Boyle promoted to Executive Vice President, Media Operations for Warner Recorded Music For more than a decade, Boyle served as Senior Vice President, Media Operations
News Peter Rosenthal appointed EVP, Global Head of Legal and Business Affairs at Warner Chappell Rosenthal joins Warner Chappell from Downtown Music Holdings
News Confirmed: Warner acquires the Middle East’s Qanawat Music Qanawat Music operates as a music distributor across the Middle East and North Africa
News From Believe’s $682m revenues to music’s next big-money buyout: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter