News Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch 2023: Ethel Cain, Nonso Amadi, Armani White, Pajel, Four more Artists To Watch are inducted into VEVO's class of 2023
Interviews The Steve Cooper exit interview: ‘All successful companies get to a point where they’d benefit from fresh eyes.’ In his last ever public interview as CEO of Warner Music Group, Steve Cooper talks achievements, fears... and the future
News K-Pop promoter Powerhouse, which has worked with BTS, BLACKPINK and MONSTA X, strikes strategic partnership with AEG Presents Company produced 15 shows for BTS’ 2018 Love Yourself US Tour in 2018
News Peter Frampton music interests acquired by BMG Peter Frampton is a Grammy award-winning, multi-Platinum-selling singer-songwriter
News Song data startup Session, co-founded by Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, Niclas Molinder, partners with Brazil collection society UBC UBC represents more than 50,000 members
News Warner’s WMX expands into connected-TV space with three music channels on Roku Channel The new are channels are WMX Pop, WMX Rock, and WMX Hip-Hop
Interviews Martin Kierszenbaum on working with Sting, streaming’s impact on A&R, and why he’s a music biz optimist The Cherrytree Music Company founder discusses his career and industry views within MBW's World's Greatest Managers series
News Boomplay strikes partnership with France’s Generations Radio to promote African music Partnership will see the launch of the 'Top Africa Charts show' to promote African music and spotlight African artists
News Jamar Chess launches investment group to buy Latin Music rights The firm's first deal, via Wahoo Music Fund One, is a 50% stake in the publishing and recording catalogs of Oro Solido
News Tech start-up Logcast unveils Spotify integration that lets creators charge for talk content Logcast investors include San Francisco-based VC firm Goodwater Capital
Interviews ‘Streaming has unshackled us to compete and unshackled artists to be heard.’ Mom + Pop founders discuss the development of the label and the challenges that come with working in the independent market today
News Utopia Music makes layoffs as it downsizes global workforce MBW understands that Utopia's global team numbers 1,200 people. That figure includes both contractors and around 800 employees.
Interviews News Artist financing platform beatBread closes $100m fund to ’empower independent artists and labels’ Launched in November 2020, company has made over 500 advances to artists and labels
Interviews ‘What I would say I’m proudest of at ADA is the culture. There’s a way in which we do things that, when people join us, they sign up to.’ Howard Corner, Managing Director of ADA at Warner Music UK, is celebrating 30 years in the music industry, and nearly a decade at the helm of Warner UK’s Artist and Label Services division.
Analysis Blog Are creators being used as cannon fodder in the NFT game? The following MBW op/ed comes from PPL CIO Mark Douglas.