Analysis Blog The Gamification of Everything The following op/ed comes from Dan Symons, founder of SPLIT / LIP, a Web3 and metaverse business consultancy for rights owners
News Universal expands business in Czech Republic by relaunching six label brands Brands include Capitol Records, Island, Sky Box, Def Jam, SinglTon, Virgin Music Label & Artist Services.
News SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man talks the metaverse and his ‘Future Vision of K-Pop’ SM Entertainment's founder and Chief Producer delivered a speech at Stanford University On Friday, May 20
News Warner buys minority stake in Poland-based hip-hop concert promoter BIG Idea Deal will see the companies work together to launch new festivals
Interviews ‘In country, I feel like the magic of songwriting is still very apparent and very dominant.’ MBW profiles country music writing royalty Ashley Gorley as part of our World's Greatest Songwriters series
News UK music licensing company PPL reports revenues of $347.7m for 2021, up 12% YoY £252.8m ($348m) is second highest annual revenue total for PPL
News Dominique Casimir promoted to Chief Content Officer at BMG, taking on responsibility for UK repertoire The move will see Casimir carry direct responsibility for BMG’s repertoire operations in 16 international territories
Interviews Gunnar Greve: Alan Walker, the metaverse, and why Web3 will ‘completely change the music industry’ Alan Walker's manager and co-composer on the future of the music business – and breaking China
Analysis News Snapchat owner sued by Swiss collection society for ‘refusing to pay authors and publishers for music on its platform’ SESAC applaud's SUISA's efforts to take Snap Inc to task over alleged copyright infringement
News Warner Music and Warner Chappell Music Spain launch The Music Station, a new HQ and creative hub in Madrid New space consists of more than 10,000 square meters
News Laura Lukanz named Head of Music Industry, UK, Australia & New Zealand, at Amazon Music Exec will oversee label relations, artist relations, programming and editorial for the streaming service
News Warner Music Group posts $1.38bn in calendar Q1 revenue, up 13.2% YoY Major sellers in the quarter included Ed Sheeran, Michael Bublé, Dua Lipa and Red Hot Chili Peppers
News Warner Music Group’s media and creative division, WMX, hosts inaugural NewFronts event Warner Music, via WMX, says that it now generates 56 billion monthly premium video views across its portfolio.
News Record labels and publishers ink major settlement, moving from 9.1 cents to 12 cents per track for US mechanical royalties on physical sales Agreement reached to settle rate negotiation in the US
Interviews How ChartMetric, following a $2m seed round, is looking to change the music industry’s relationship with data Having raised seed capital last year, Chartmetric is now looking towards a fresh round of funding to help it become 'the default data analysis tool for the global music industry'