News Royalty-free music company and Epidemic Sound rival Artlist acquires digital assets marketplace Motion Array for $65m Deal comes six months after global investment giant KKR led a $48m investment in Artlist
News FUGA partners with Japanese firm Space Shower Networks to form digital music distribution JV New venture, SPACE SHOWER FUGA, will launch in Spring 2021
News Songtrust and Secretly Publishing ink new administrative partnership Songtrust will administer the publisher’s full catalog for the world outside of the US and Canada
Interviews Troy Carter: ‘The music industry has to change the business model; it’s as simple as that.’ The Q&A founder and ex-Spotify exec joins the MBW podcast to talk independent artists – and the future of the business
News As All I Want For Christmas Is You hits UK No.1, Hipgnosis backs fundraiser concert for Nordoff Robbins ‘The Stars Come Out To Sing At Christmas: A Virtual Christmas Concert With Songs, Carols And Festive Greetings’ to stream globally on Tuesday December 15
News Christine Mosha appointed to Lead East Africa Region Marketing and Artist Development at Sony Music Mosha to build out artist roster and amplify international catalog across the region
News Tileyard Music partners with Sentric Music Group for global publishing administration deal Tileyard Music is a management, publishing, and label with a roster including writers such as Steve Manovski and Marli Harwood
News The Rolling Stones choose BMG for neighboring rights, extend publishing deal BMG will collect royalties due for the performance of hits such as (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Jumpin Jack Flash and Start Me Up
News Mary Megan Peer named new Chief Executive Officer of peermusic, as Ralph Peer II shifts to role of Executive Chair Ralph Peer II has led the company for the past 37 years
News Vevo partners with VIZIO to make music videos available on the company’s smart TVs VIZIO TV owners can now stream Vevo music videos
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."