Interviews ‘The misconception is that NFTs are like a get rich quick scheme. That’s not really how it works.’ Royalty Exchange CEO Anthony Martini on the future of NFTs and how the company's A Tribe Called Quest deal went down
Interviews ‘People think the streaming opportunity in Africa is easy. It’s not, it’s hard.’ Chidi Okeke, founder and CEO of streaming service uDux, on his ambitions and predictions for his service and the music streaming market in Africa
Interviews ‘My strength isn’t looking at a computer screen. I wouldn’t join the music business today, because I don’t want to be a typist.’ Steve Lillywhite on working with the teenage U2 and the feuding Rolling Stones
News BMG and SESAC expand partnership for Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, administered by Mint Expansion follows an agreement for the Indian market in early 2019
News The Orchard inks global distribution deal with UK independent label BE83 Music BE83 houses recordings, management, content creation and publishing
News Could this technology, built by a Grammy-winning producer, blow up music’s ‘black box’ once and for all? SonicData believes its watermarking technology solves music's metadata problems
News Virgin Music Label and Artist Services launches in Brazil Brazilian superstar duo Henrique & Juliano join the Work Show roster as first signings under the agreement
News Sony Music Entertainment inks strategic partnership with Roblox Partnership follows collaborations in the past year including the Lil Nas X Virtual Concert and Zara Larsson Launch Party
News UK Music industry Veteran Charlie Rapino appointed Vice President of Italy’s Artist First Rapino will assume overall responsibility for A&R and talent acquisition
Blog Music catalog sales are reaching an all time high. So how will AI music catalogs fit into this new matrix and what is their value? Rory Kenny, co-founder & CEO at Loudly examines the status of music catalogs today....
Interviews ‘The music industry’s shift to digital in Japan appears to be gaining traction.’ Line Music's Misaki Iki talks MBW through the Japanese market – and its future possibilities
Interviews The Richard Antwi Scholarship: ‘With the right resources, talent, work ethic, network and guidance, anything is possible.’ MBW meets Esther Lenda Bokuma – a hotly-tipped artist in her own right who is currently working at Universal Music UK’s Globe
Interviews ‘The world is growing ever closer – and so are Universal’s global teams.’ Frank Briegmann is the latest interviewee in MBW's World Leaders series
News Fortnite’s latest music move is a virtual event with rising British band easy life and London Venue the O2 easy life to become first UK act to perform in Fortnite Creative
News Ritch Sibthorpe named MD for Northern Europe and Australasia at hi-res music streaming service Qobuz News comes nine months after the company raised $11m to fund its global expansion