News Downtown Music Services makes raft of senior US promotions New Roles for Bruce Lampcov, Emily Stephenson, Sean McGraw and Frank Pagano
News Maneskin renew global deal with Sony Music Publishing Deal renews the company’s partnership with the band, which began in 2017
News 430 songs surpassed 1bn video views on TikTok in 2021 – 3 times more than in 2020 ByteDance-owned platform publishes new 'Year on TikTok 2021 Music Report'
News Utopia hires Tony Latham as Head of Investor Services Fast-growing music tech company hires Tony Latham as Vice President of its Investor Services Business Unit
News Primary Wave acquires stake in bundle of James Brown rights in $90m deal Company has acquired a stake in James Brown’s publishing, master recording income stream, and name and likeness rights
Interviews ‘Telcos have recognized that music is a major passion point for consumers.’ MBW interviews Tuned Global Chief Revenue Officer Spiro Arkoudis about the current state of the telco x music deal market...
News Warner’s ADA appoints new Head of Marketing & Services and First-Ever Head of Product & Integration Andrea Slobodien named ADA’s first-ever Head of Product & Integration and Sam Juneman named Head of Marketing & Services
Analysis News From Live Nation’s $416m acquisition to Spotify’s comedy battle: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
Interviews ‘The music industry revolves around the song.’ ABBA songwriter Björn Ulvaeus discusses his songwriting craft, creative partnership with Benny Andersson, and offers his perspective on the modern music scene.
Interviews Meet the organization that’s distributed over $250m in mechanical royalties to rightsholders this year Kris Ahrend, CEO of The MLC, on The Mechanical Licensing Collective's first year
News Karol G was the most-viewed artist globally on Vevo in 2021, with 3.11bn views Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo and The Weeknd also made waves this year
News Canada’s Third Side Music acquires interest in UK-based Soundway Records and Publishing Soundway Records was founded in 2002 by English DJ and record collector Miles Cleret
Analysis News Could Spotify face $100 million-plus lawsuits over its comedy album faux pas? MBW's Talking Trends looks into a growing dispute on Daniel Ek's platform
News Lillia Parsa promoted to Senior Vice President, A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group Based in Santa Monica, she will continue reporting to David Gray and Walter Jones, Co-Heads of A&R
News Anthony Martini exits role as CEO of Royalty Exchange, joins Slip.stream as Chief Music Officer and Partner Martini will oversee the development of the company’s music catalog and frontline record label