News AWAL extends deal with Tom Misch for forthcoming album Long-term AWAL artist signs new deal following Sony buyout announcement
News Sony Music Publishing partners with Stockholm-based company The Very Good Publishing company's roster has worked with artists including BTS, Sting, Mø, Alan Walker, and Ava Max
News Universal Music Group generated over $1m per hour in Q1… and expects to go public in the fall Another strong quarter for Sir Lucian Grainge and co, as Q1 streaming revenue leaps up 20% year-on-year
Analysis Netflix is going ‘wobbly’ without fresh hits. The music industry is learning to live with the same thing. Netflix is relying on classic movies, rather than new ones. Meanwhile, the music industry is saying: "Hasta la vista, ARPU."
News PortalDisc App is a new a ‘hyper-localized and hyper-targeted’ music streaming service in Chile Platform offers 130,000 Chilean songs from 300 national labels and more than 7,000 independent artists,
News Deezer signs strategic partnership with Brazilian Netflix rival Globoplay Globoplay’s users can subscribe to Deezer Premium for free for 12 months
News Are virtual fitness instructors becoming music’s newest influencers? Panel of leading industry experts throws up key talking points for the intersection of music x fitness
Analysis News Apple Music just made a lot of claims about what it pays artists. Let’s take a closer look. A new email from Apple has revealed some big numbers, and a couple of digs at Spotify. MBW gives its take.
Interviews Why SoundCloud has the music business right where it wants it. Michael Weissman, CEO of SoundCloud, answers MBW's questions on payout models, tipping, and where the music industry's headed
News From Reservoir’s $788m valuation to Spotify and Warner’s canoodling: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
People: Emmanuel de BuretelFounder, Because Music Emmanuel de Buretel founded Because Music in 2004 after a near-two decade career with EMI and Virgin
News Poo Bear inks JV with Def Jam for his label Bearthday Music He has amassed nearly 300 major songwriting and production credits
News Warner Music Group and Spotify strike podcast development deal Original podcasts to be built around WMG’s artists’ and songwriters’ catalogs
News African music service uduX launches PopRev, an investment platform that lets fans buy shares in artists’ music Platform to launch in partnership with Nigeria-based FinTech firm PiggyVest
News Reservoir to list on the NASDAQ via SPAC merger with $788m valuation Reservoir has spent $400m on catalog acquisitions to date – and says it's going to keep on buying