News MBMB Publishing joins independent licensing agency IMPEL MBMB is the independent publishing arm of UK dance label Cr2 Records
News Nigeria-based music streaming service uduX, licensed by all three majors, partners with telco MTN, which has over 60m subscribers in the market Deal will see MTN subscribers gain access to discounted data bundles for accessing content
News Brazil-based publisher Rocking Gorillas joins IMPEL Rocking Gorillas was set up by music industry veteran John Telfer
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Primary Wave, Spotify, SoundCloud, Human Re-Sources, Hipgnosis The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
Analysis News Hipgnosis Songs Fund is now worth $1.7bn… and is on course to generate $120m-plus this year Merck Mercuriadis: "We’ve been one of the FTSE 250’s biggest yielders and have now reached a £1.25 billion market cap."
Interviews ‘People were staring at me and Post. It wasn’t what they expected.’ Dre London explains how he and Post Malone launched one of the year's biggest alcohol brands (and lots more besides) during a pandemic
News After seeing her masters sold twice in 18 months, Taylor Swift previews re-recorded version of Love Story in Match.com ad Swift announced the tie up via Twitter yesterday
News Universal launches audio-visual content house Mercury Studios, led by CEO Alice Webb Eagle Rock brand retired; Mercury Studios will produce content across performance/live, factual/reality, scripted, artist and filmmaker partnerships
News June Gao promoted to General Manager, Warner Chappell Music China Exec joined Warner Chappell Music China in 2013
Interviews ‘The future isn’t just about brands using music; it’s about entire industries using music.’ The CEO of B2B music tech company Tuned Global, Con Raso, offers a global eye on the future growth opportunities for the recorded music industry
News SoundCloud boss Kerry Trainor to step down; Mike Weissman will become CEO in January SoundCloud's future expansion under Weissman will partly be fuelled by a $75m investment in the company from SiriusXM in Q1 this year
Company: Hipgnosis Songs FundMusic Publisher Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd. (HSFL) was founded by veteran artist manager Merck Mercuriadis.
Artist: Poo BearSongwriter, Producer Appearing on the MBW podcast in July 2020, Poo Bear said that his advice for a young songwriter or producer would be to not "let somebody else discourage you".
News Roc Nation teams with United Entertainment Group to form global licensing agency, Roc Nation United Company was established to identify, develop, market and implement global licensing and brand opportunities
News Peloton rival Echelon launches fully-licensed music offering for fitness classes UK-based company inks deal with SOCAN-owned MediaNet