News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Michael Gudinski, SoundCloud, Universal, TIDAL, Anghami The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Electronic music veteran Nick Halkes strikes JV with Sentric Music Group and takes on A&R consultancy role Halkes co-founded XL Recordings and launched the Positiva label in the past
News Partisan Records launches new joint venture label section1 Los Angeles-based label launched by Brontë Jane (VP of A&R at Third Side Music) alongside Chris Robbins and Tom Wironen of Friendly Announcer management
News Warner Chappell France teams with songwriter Benjamin Biolay’s publishing company Bambi Rose Warner Chappell will represent Biolay’s catalog and future works as part of the deal
Interviews Is Timbaland about to transform the music production business (again)? Gary Marella on the launch of Beatclub, and how it plans to rival the likes of Splice
News Vydia to pay advances to independent labels and artists using Royalty Exchange’s online marketplace Labels and artists can request an advance on their future royalties
News Cat Kreidich appointed Executive Vice President at Warner’s ADA Worldwide Most recently, Kreidich served as Senior Vice President, Commerce at Sony Music Entertainment
News Confirmed: Round Hill Music co-founder Richard Rowe joins Hipgnosis Songs Fund Publishing veteran joins company as Executive Vice President, with immediate effect
News Spotify rival Anghami to list on NASDAQ via merger with Vistas Media Acquisition Company Combined company set to operate under the Anghami name and trade under the new symbol ANGH
News Canada’s Anthem Entertainment ups spending power by $550m with new credit facility As the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan increases its equity investment in company
News Alex Black named CEO of production music company Sonoton Music Company will also roll out a major rebrand and redesign of its website on March 24
News Spotify pulls hundreds of K-Pop songs globally due to expired licensing deal with Kakao M Expired deal with distributor and record label KakaoM results in tracks being pulled from streaming service
Analysis The US recorded music industry grew by over $1bn in 2020 – but faces big challenges over streaming’s pricing, and its future The RIAA's latest figures show a surging streaming market – with one notable cause for concern
Analysis Blog The Services Sector Is Transforming The Future Of The Music Industry Justin Kalifowitz, CEO of Downtown Music Holdings, paints a picture of how the music industry is changing
News Big Machine Music inks worldwide sub-publishing deal with peermusic for outside the US Nashville-based company will continue to administer itself within the US