News Warner’s ADA Worldwide reveals new leadership structure, appointing heads of US and International Marcus Siskind named Head of US, and Adriana Sein appointed Head of International
News Bobby Ju named Managing Director of Sony Music Korea Ju will oversee the company’s operations in the country
News After announcing their first studio album in 40 years, ABBA surpass 80,000 UK pre-orders in just three days ABBA score Universal Music UK’s biggest ever album pre-order
News African Music service Mdundo hits 8.7m Monthly Active Users, inks telco partnership with MTN Nigeria Mdundo listed on the Danish stock exchange (the Nasdaq First North Growth Market) in September 2020
Analysis YouTube Music surpasses 50 million subscribers Major milestone crossed by Spotify's rival service, across YouTube Music and YouTube Premium
News Tencent axes all exclusive label deals in China following antitrust clampdown Tencent published a statement on WeChat announcing that it has written to all "upstream copyright" holders to end their exclusive agreements
News Susan Hilderley joins Universal Music Enterprises as Executive Vice President of Business Affairs Hilderley joins UMe from King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP
News Warner Music Group strikes global licensing deal with social platform Kuaishou Kuaishou reports to have over 1 billion users worldwide
News BMG revenues up 9% in first half of 2021… and it has over $1bn of acquisition deals in play with KKR Recordings revenues were up 29.4% on the same period last year, says Hartwig Masuch
Analysis News Warner Music has changed leaders in no less than 10 key international markets since its IPO. Why? Simon Robson explains Warner's strategy following slew of top-level changes worldwide
Analysis Blog Why Are (Some) Record Labels and Music Publishers Still Only Reporting Every 6 Months? Curve Royalty Systems' Tom Allen says 'that's the way we've always done it' is no longer good enough
News Shodement raises over $13 million to fund advances for UK indie artists Sound Royalties joins funding round for UK-based startup's new A&R cash pot
News From Spotify’s $1bn share buyback to Downtown’s big change: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest music biz headlines of the week - and why they matter
News Universal Music Group inks exclusive global music deal with CoComelon company Moonbug UMG will provide worldwide distribution, publishing and licensing for the Moonbug Music label
News Darin Soler named Head of Global Marketing & Partnerships at Exceleration Exceleration is a global music venture founded by indie sector