News Christian Johnson promoted to Senior Director of A&R at Hipgnosis Songs Group Hipgnosis own a music catalog worth over $2.2 billion
News Tuned Global inks deal with Silicon Valley and Hong Kong-based social media app LYKA to power its new music streaming feature LYKA has 6 million users
News Songtradr establishes Global Creative division led by Amanda Schupf John Butler also appointed Head of Music Programming and Curation
News From Sony’s nine-figure label buy to Songtradr’s $50m fund raise: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News Simon Johnson named Managing Director of Strategy, Growth and eCommerce at Universal Music UK He joins Universal Music UK from Amazon after six years
News Universal inks global deal with Snap Inc. spanning recorded music and augmented reality experiences UMG is developing augmented reality music Lens content featuring the company’s artists
News As Vivendi shareholders back UMG spin-out, Sir Lucian Grainge says: ‘We’ve only just begun.’ Grainge was on bullish yet philosophical form in new video for Pershing Square investors
News Sony Music buys majority stake in Todd Moscowitz’s Alamo Records for nine-figure sum New York-based Alamo was founded in 2016 and has broken artists including Blackbear, Lil Durk and Rod Wave
News From Hipgnosis raising $210m to Warner spending $100m: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past five days in music
News Hipgnosis is raising another $210 million via a new share issue on London Stock Exchange Firm says money will buy a "substantial pipeline of songs"
Interviews Round Hill Records buys more masters, makes new hires and opens Nashville HQ Round Hill CEO Josh Gruss and Round Hill Records President Joe Calitri tell MBW about the company's recorded music activities
News Epidemic Sound Chairwoman Vania Schlogel joins Hipgnosis board as Non-Exec Director Former KKR executive and founder of Atwater Capital previously sat on the board of BMG
Analysis Blog Let’s welcome Sony’s forward-thinking move on unrecouped artists. But let’s keep going. Annabella Coldrick, the CEO of the Music Managers' Forum, on the label policy that's got the whole industry talking
News From Sony’s historic unrecouped balances move to Universal funding [PIAS]: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter