Analysis Scared Hitless? What the latest stats tell us about the US hits business, and how 'catalog' is gaining market share.
News Create Music Group strikes $300M investment in Nettwerk Music Group, as Canadian firm executes management buyout The investment will allow the Nettwerk management team to increase its ownership stake while enabling the company to retain its "identity and independence".
News From Warner and Sony’s Q4 results to DistroKid’s potential $2B sale… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Warner and Bain increase JV fund by $200M. Will Red Hot Chili Peppers deal be next? Red Hot Chili Peppers are understood to be shopping their recorded music catalog for a nine-figure sum
Analysis News Reservoir posts $45.6m in revenues for calendar Q4, up 8% YoY; confirms deals with Gladys Knight and T.I. Reservoir Media has published its financial results for the three months ended December 31
News Avex Music Group strikes global distro deal with The Orchard, excluding Japan, China and Korea AMG is the global music division of Japanese entertainment giant Avex
Interviews With 40bn streams, $75m revenues last year, and double-digit growth forecast for 2026, Romania’s Global Records is redefining indie success in Central and Eastern Europe Global Records founder Ștefan Lucian on hitting 40bn streams, the company's revenue target for 2026 and more.
News Xania Monet manager launches ‘multi-million-dollar’ JV with Create Music Group Romel Murphy forming 'hybrid AI and traditional' label and management firm dai + drm
News B2B music streamer Soundtrack acquires Ambie and Tunify, expanding presence in UK and Benelux Both companies will adopt the Soundtrack brand while retaining their local teams.
News Bruce Resnikoff promoted to Chairman of Universal Music Enterprises; Jamie Krents upped to President and CEO UMG noted that Resnikoff is 'widely considered the architect of global recorded music catalog marketing'
News Fred Armisen to host CNN music docuseries pulling from UMG’s underground vault The vault lies within the Iron Mountain facility in Boyers, Pennsylvania, where UMG stores a portion of its catalog 220 feet underground.
News BMG in talks to acquire Concord (report) Bertelsmann's BMG in talks to buy Concord, Bloomberg reports
News 60,000 AI tracks hit Deezer daily as platform moves to license detection tech to wider music industry Deezer also revealed that up to 85% of all streams on AI-generated music were fraudulent in 2025
News Sony launches $2B music rights acquisition JV with Singapore’s GIC Sony Music Group is forming a music rights-buying joint venture with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC Pte.
News Marion Gargula and Laurent Pernin promoted to co-General Managers at BMG France The duo have also been elevated to Vice Presidents at the company.