News From Hipgnosis’ return to Suno’s new Chief Music Officer… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
News TikTok to integrate Chordal’s sync licensing tech with its commercial music library Rightsholders will be able to use Chordal's InstantClear tech to opt into TikTok's Commercial Music Library.
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Golnar Khosrowshahi The Reservoir founder selects a magnificent seven tracks that have played a big part in her life and career to date...
News Savan Kotecha’s Visva Records forms JV with Republic Records after ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ chart success Republic will distribute Visva's roster, as the latter aims to develop international artists.
Analysis The question at the heart of Downtown debate: What’s Universal Music Group’s actual distribution market share in Europe? A few of you have contacted me to ask if I got my numbers wrong. (Spoiler: No, I did not!)
News Downtown’s FUGA signs global partnership with Oskar Ekman’s newly-created Arketyp Group Arketyp's roster includes pop legends Miike Snow and Swedish punk band Viagra Boys
Analysis ‘We need to think strategically about the health and longevity of the independent music sector.’ The following MBW op/ed comes from Simon Wills, Managing Director of Absolute Label Services
News Hipgnosis is back: Merck Mercuriadis launching new company with ‘hundreds of millions’ in investment secured (report) Merck Mercuriadis aims to buy back the music rights he sold to the private equity firm while building a new investment company
News From AI artists to Warner’s $1.2bn JV with Bain… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
News Jessica Koravos appointed CEO of Pophouse Entertainment Per Sundin to transition to a new role within the company
Interviews Vinit Thakkar talks Sony Music India, artist development, M&A, and more: ‘The Indian music market is at a transformative stage.’ MBW’s World Leaders series meets Vinit Thakkar, Managing Director of Sony Music India
News Warner confirms details of $1.2bn JV with Bain; venture will raise up to $700m in debt Finer details of the arrangement between WMG and Bain emerge, courtesy of a new SEC filing
News European Composer & Songwriter Alliance urges EU to block UMG’s acquisition of Downtown The ECSA is an umbrella group of around 55 composer and songwriter associations in more than 25 European countries
News Sony Music Group acquires record label Lusafrica and publisher Africa Nostra Founded in 1988 by José Da Silva, Paris-headquartered Lusafrica specializes in Portuguese-language African music and other world music genres
News Warner Music Group to reduce annual cost by another $300M, with $170M saved via ‘headcount rightsizing’ Combined with previously announced restructuring, Warner should achieve more than half a billion dollars in annual cost-savings