News Silver Lake acquires entertainment & ticketing giant TEG TEG delivers 30 million tickets annually
Interviews ‘Songwriters have a challenging life. It’s a certain kind of grind that we really understand.’ Pulse Music Group co-founders Scott Cutler and Josh Abraham talk to MBW about their growth over 10 years
News Leif O. Ribe named General Manager of Warner Music Norway Exec to join the Warner Music team after working in a number of senior marketing and A&R roles at Sony Music Norway
News Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK signs Jonas Blue His tropical house reworking of Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car climbed to No.2 in the UK in 2016
News Radio platform Stationhead, which counts Kevin Liles & Downtown as investors, adds on-demand content Music is streamed through Apple Music and Spotify integrations
News Universal Music Publishing Group extends global publishing deal with The xx Group has been signed to UMPG for a decade
News Simon Fuller picks AWAL as global partner for pop group Now United Deal offers global distribution, marketing strategy and playlist pitching
News Sony Music promotes Mark Cavell and Per Hauber to lead Masterworks & Classical Division Cavell will become President of Sony Masterworks and Hauber will become President of Sony Classical
News YouTube Music-supported Accelerator Programme for Music Managers returns for second year Applications to open on October 15
News Mary Bekhait appointed first UK CEO of YMU Group Exec will oversee five UK divisions of Sport, Music, Drama, Entertainment and Business Management
News Mechanical Licensing Collective proposes start-up assessment of $37.25m ahead of 2021 launch The law mandates that the 'startup assessment' will be wholly paid by the digital services
News Universal launches Def Jam South East Asia and Astralwerks Asia UMG also announces arrival of Ingrooves & Spinnup for the region
News BeSixth appoints Jon Leshay as Head of Global Strategic Partnerships and Branding Former Elektra Records Senior Vice President joins newly-formed agency
News British music is losing its market power in the USA. Does BMG have the answer? "The problem for UK artists is that US-based companies naturally tend to favor their local repertoire... our view is that UK artists and songwriters deserve better than that."
Interviews How Lewis Capaldi became a billion-stream superstar – according to his manager, Ryan Walter "Musically, he’s my favourite artist of all time. I know that probably sounds lame, but it’s true."