News Exclusive: Chord Music Partners raises $2 billion+ in investable capital… with another $1 billion+ on the way Chord has raised the sum via a funding round due to close in October
News Daryl Hall and John Oates quietly resolve legal dispute Daryl Hall's attorneys secured a final judgment in arbitration and lodged an order for a Nashville judge to dismiss the case
News Lorena Cabral, Daniela Gutiérrez promoted at Downtown Artist & Label Services, as firm expands presence in Música Mexicana DA&LS recently expanded its collaboration with Genesis Records to include the catalog of Mexican singer-songwriter Edgardo Nuñez
Interviews ‘We’re building the market-making infrastructure for the music business’ SourceAudio co-founder, Andrew Harding, talks sync, AI licensing, and the future of the business
News Emerging markets and M&A exec Alfonso Perez Soto departs Warner after 20 years Widely respected exec leaves his latest post as EVP, Corporate Development
News Drake demands to see Kendrick Lamar contract details in discovery battle with Universal Music Group Drake is seeking to compel UMG to produce Sir Lucian Grainge's custodial files and an unredacted version of Kendrick Lamar's recording contract
News Music publishers allege Anthropic used BitTorrent to pirate copyrighted lyrics Anthropic may face a new allegation from music companies: That it not only downloaded, but distributed lyrics without permission
News Benny Brown acquires Wide Open Music, launches new publishing firm North Chapel Music The deal transfers Wide Open's entire catalog to Brown's new venture, including hits by Brett Young, George Birge and Matt Stell.
Interviews ‘We are the home for the modern African music entrepreneur.’ MBW’s World Leaders series meets Olukorede 'Kay' Ikazoboh, Head of Nigeria for Virgin Music Group
News Founder of music streaming service BlueBeat indicted over alleged $3.1m fraud scheme A federal grand jury has indicted Hank Risan, the 70-year-old founder of music streaming service BlueBeat, on four counts of wire fraud
News Warner Music appoints Lo Ting-Fai as President of Asia-Pacific Lofai’s appointment fits into Robert Kyncl's plan to strengthen Warner’s presence in the region’s fast-changing music scene
News Warner Music Group regains momentum: underlying recorded music revenues up 8.3% YoY in calendar Q2, subscription revenues up 8.5% Warner, led by Robert Kyncl, saw a reacceleration of growth in key metrics
News Amid legal battle, Salt-N-Pepa claims UMG ‘keeps us from re-releasing our music’ Cheryl James and Sandra Denton told Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts that UMG removed their music from streaming platforms.
News Exclusive: Kobalt’s AI deal with Suno rival ElevenLabs guarantees publishing ‘parity’ with recorded music MBW has confirmed details of this potentially precedent-setting deal, which could reshape the music industry's approach to generative AI licensing.
News Sony Music sues Napster over $9.2M in alleged unpaid royalties, up to $37.5M in copyright claims Sony Music claims Napster has been delinquent on payments for over a year while collecting subscription fees from “millions of paying users.”