News Sony Music Publishing UK renews global deal with James Bond theme song lyricist Don Black Some of his most notable works include the James Bond theme songs Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man With The Golden Gun and others
Analysis ‘The death of the artist’? Why Big Hit and BTS just raised the alarm on the record industry’s future. Why Big Hit's recent investment is symptomatic of a wider, potentially worrying, trend for major record companies
Analysis Why Spotify’s ex-Global Head of Music Publishing thinks streaming services should be paying songwriters more money Adam Parness explains why he believes his ex-employer should fork out more cash to songwriters and indie publishers
News Alison Lamb and Liz Northeast join FUGA as company bolsters London office FUGA also announces partnership with Peter Doherty's new label, Strap Originals
News Cat Kreidich appointed Executive Vice President at Warner’s ADA Worldwide Most recently, Kreidich served as Senior Vice President, Commerce at Sony Music Entertainment
News Spotify rival Anghami to list on NASDAQ via merger with Vistas Media Acquisition Company Combined company set to operate under the Anghami name and trade under the new symbol ANGH
People: Devraj SanyalChairman & CEO, Universal Music Group, India & South Asia Known as the heavy metal CEO, Devraj Sanyal is the Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Group, India & South Asia
People: Denzyl FeigelsonFounder & CEO Denzyl Feigelson is a renowned music exec who has helped artists including Billie Eilish, Stefflon Don and Jorja Smith at the beginning of their careers
News Michael Gudinski, founder of Australia’s Mushroom Group, dies aged 68 Australian music industry legend dies aged 68
Analysis The US recorded music industry grew by over $1bn in 2020 – but faces big challenges over streaming’s pricing, and its future The RIAA's latest figures show a surging streaming market – with one notable cause for concern
Analysis Blog The Services Sector Is Transforming The Future Of The Music Industry Justin Kalifowitz, CEO of Downtown Music Holdings, paints a picture of how the music industry is changing
News Big Machine Music inks worldwide sub-publishing deal with peermusic for outside the US Nashville-based company will continue to administer itself within the US
News Sony Music signs Egyptian superstar Hamaki, inks deal with top Arabic music producer Hamdy Badr Hamdy Badr's Cairo-based Craft Media is behind Egyptian artists like Hamaki, Maya Diab, Pousi and Mahmoud Al Lethy
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Spotify, Big Hit, Chance The Rapper, Splice, TuneCore The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Songtradr hires Mike Tunnicliffe and Joe Belliotti to lead Brand Solutions Division of new B2B music platform The execs will head up the brand solutions side of ‘Vinyl by Songtradr’