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
News Snapchat takes on TikTok with Spotlight and pledges to pay $1m to creators every day until end of 2020 Feature uses an algorithm to surface the 'most engaging' content
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Mike Caren, The Killers, Epidemic Sound, Round Hill, Snap The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Snapchat acquires mobile music app Voisey App allows users to record short videos using professional vocal effects and backing tracks
Analysis Could Epidemic Sound really be worth more than $1bn? How Epidemic might pitch investors on its catalog, rather than its company
News Round Hill raises another $291m in third royalty fund (and has already spent most of it) Company's funds, including the one recently floated on the London Stock Exchange, have raised over a billion dollars in total