News After hitting 100m registered users, Bandsintown launches Marketplace to connect 700K artists with distribution, data, and merch tools The company recently reached 100 million users and seeks to help musicians navigate what it describes as “unpredictable algorithms."
News Peter Kurczaba upped to VP of Sync, Cleome Barber promoted to Director, Creative A&R at Primary Wave Peter Kurczaba promoted to VP, Creative Sync; Cleome Barber named Director, Creative A&R
News Switzerland’s MusicBird strikes music rights deal with estate of prominent grunge producer Rick Parashar Deal comprises Parashar’s producing income from albums by Nickelback, Alice in Chains, Blind Melon and 3 Doors Down
Interviews Why Reservoir bet tens of millions of dollars on Jazz legend and ‘definition of cool’ Miles Davis Reservoir President Rell Lafargue gives us an exclusive look at the company's Miles Davis deal
News Lizzo sued for alleged copyright violation in unreleased song snippet referencing Sydney Sweeney jeans ad A rep for Lizzo said they were 'surprised' by a lawsuit over a social media snippet of an unreleased song
News Revenues at India’s Tips Music rose 11% YoY in calendar Q3 amid ‘challenging industry environment’ The prominent Indian label's revenue growth has shrunk rapidly in recent quarters
News Live music discovery platform Bandsintown reaches 100m registered users The company says it now has a network of over 700,000 registered artists and 65,000 venues and promoters.
News Rehan Manickam appointed Director of A&R in the US for Bamboo Artists Los Angeles-based hire to drive artist development and cross-territory strategy for Germany-born company
News Armada Music launches NBT Records in partnership with Simon Dunmore The imprint will operate from Armada’s brand-new creative hub in London
News Milk & Honey launches record label, offering songwriters ‘sizeable amount’ of master points Milk & Honey already runs a successful talent management business, and a catalog brokerage
News From Spotify’s AI product plans to beatBread’s $100m global indie fund… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days – all in one place
News Too Lost has entered the chat… Gregory Hirschhorn, CEO of company expected to surpass $100 million in revenue this year, gives his view on UMG/Downtown
News Melanie C and Red Girl Records partner with Virgin Music Group for new album and single The former Spice Girl teams up with Virgin and her own Red Girl Records for a new dance-infused project set to arrive in 2026.
News Avex Music Group unveils leadership team, establishes NYC office; introduces an East/West Coast structure as part of ‘sweeping’ expansion Avex Music Group says it has 'entered an especially successful period' since Silverstein took over as CEO
News FUGA extends partnership with classical music company Naxos The expanded partnership adds strategic marketing, specialist YouTube services, product development, and more.