Interviews ‘The misconception is that NFTs are like a get rich quick scheme. That’s not really how it works.’ Royalty Exchange CEO Anthony Martini on the future of NFTs and how the company's A Tribe Called Quest deal went down
Analysis News From Universal’s scrubbed SPAC sell-off to Warner’s Doug Morris label buyout: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News ADA Asia and Warner Music partner with Vietnamese entertainment firm Yin Yang Media Warner Music Vietnam opened for business in Ho Chi Minh City in April 2020
News Warner Chappell Production Music launches global rebrand Company has also expanded its executive team and launched two new recording studios in Los Angeles and Nashville
News Jason Feinberg joins $21m-backed virtual concert startup Flymachine as SVP, Marketing Feinberg was previously SVP, Marketing at Universal Music Group's catalog division, UMe
News Musiio secures funding at $10m valuation as it signs Hipgnosis and expands product portfolio Innovative search tech bags partnership with game-changing Hipgnosis following fresh injection of funds
News Now Sony Music Publishing disregards unrecouped balances for heritage songwriters Sony Music Publishing launches Songwriters Forward initiative
News Warner Music Group acquires assets of Doug Morris’s 12Tone Music Deal is expected to close towards the end of July
Analysis News Are we witnessing the death of the streaming megahit? MBW analysis of MRC Data figures shows a dramatic reduction in streaming market share for Top 10 hits
News UK streaming inquiry report calls for ‘right to recapture’ copyrights after 20 years UK politicians suggest more rights should return to creators, more often
News Universal’s Virgin Music Label & Artist Services inks global distribution deal with Serbian hip-hop label Balkaton Balkaton is home to regional artists such as Rasta, Alen Sakić and Link
News My Sweet Lorde: Are Plagiarism Cases Getting… Gentler? Eamonn Forde notes that more recent accusations of copycatting in music have ended cordially
News Could this technology, built by a Grammy-winning producer, blow up music’s ‘black box’ once and for all? SonicData believes its watermarking technology solves music's metadata problems
Blog News Universal Music Africa and superstar French rapper Booba expand exclusive distribution deal, launch new label Deal will see the artist's entire catalog available for the first time across the African continent
News Tencent Music forced to give up exclusive label deals in China (report) China’s State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) will also reportedly fine Tencent 500,000 yuan (approx. $77,150)