News Sarah Gabrielli promoted to Head of A&R at Sony Music Publishing UK Gabrielli first joined the company in 2016 as an A&R Assistant
Analysis On… OpenAI, Bain Capital, Daniel Ek, and reasons to be cheerful Tim Ingham's latest Review, exclusively sent to MBW+ subscribers
Interviews Per Sundin on Pophouse’s $1bn+ ambitions in music rights: ‘We don’t buy catalogs to put them on a shelf.’ Per Sundin reveals what sets Pophouse apart from other music investment firms, and shares his thoughts on the future of catalog investment...
News ATC Group acquires majority stake in Jamie Osman’s Easy Life Entertainment The deal brings Easy Life’s artist management, recordings, and PR services under the ATC umbrella
Interviews HYBE’s Joon Choi: ‘90% of Weverse traffic comes from regions outside of Korea. Most of our users are global superfans.’ MBW speaks with Weverse President Joon Choi following the launch of its Spotify-powered 'Listening Party' streaming service
News Uncategorized TikTok soft-launches ‘TikTok for Artists’ platform For now, the service is available only to artists in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea
News Exclusive: Morrissey launches legal action against alleged online fraudster, as Web Sheriff investigation uncovers ‘decades-long defamation campaign’ MBW obtains letter from Morrissey's lawyers accusing alleged perpetrator of defamation and illegal conduct
News Amazon makes last-minute bid for TikTok as US ban deadline looms (report) Amazon previously attempted to replicate TikTok with Inspire, its own short-form video shopping feature
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Mike O’Neill The BMI CEO discusses the seven (maybe more) tracks that have hit the hardest during his life and times in the business and on the planet
Interviews BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld: ‘Our strategy is setting us up for growth.’ Boss of Bertelsmann's music company talks expansion, streaming prices, AI, and more
News Trump says a deal to save TikTok in the US will get done this week. Will Blackstone take a stake? The deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok's US operations is April 5, but the US president said he may extend it if necessary
Analysis 5 million songs and $288m spent on catalogs: 8 Things We Learned from Universal Music Group’s 2024 Annual Report From the balance of catalog and frontline to granular financial details, MBW wades through a treasure trove of data
News Merlin sues TikTok rival Triller for breach of contract over allegedly unpaid music licensing fees The digital music licensing org for indie record labels says short video platform Triller owes it $2.55 million
Interviews ‘We’ve been blessed to work on things that have shifted culture.’ Mark Beaven on starting out as a DJ in some of New York's most storied clubs, working with Nirvana, helping establish the songwriter/producer management business, the nature of greatness, and the power of music
News HYBE-owned superfan platform Weverse launches in-app streaming service, ‘Listening Party’ New Spotify-powered feature allows artists and fans to stream curated music within Weverse