News Arista appoints Sharon Timure as Head of Marketing and Kelsey Hession as Publicity Lead Timure and Hession will both be based in New York, reporting directly to President and CEO David Massey
News Direct-to-fan platform Medallion raises $13.7m from investors including Metallica’s Black Squirrel Partners The platform has built digital communities for artists such as Jungle, Disclosure, Greta Van Fleet and Sigur Rós
News Social music marketing startup Breakr raises $1.9m in fresh capital Company has raised $8.7 million to date and has reportedly paid out $3.5 million to creators
Interviews ‘We are looking towards Ed and Taylor right now as the inspiration.’ Drew Simmons talks about the thrills and challenges of managing 2023's breakout star, Noah Kahan
News O2 Arena and Hammersmith Apollo owners join €300m bidding race for See Tickets (report) See Tickets owner Vivendi is looking for as much as €300 million for the UK-headquartered ticketing company.
Interviews Scott Cohen on his optimism for the music industry – and JKBX’s ‘transformative’ launch The CEO of new music trading platform speaks to MBW about the future for JKBX and much more
News MBW+, a new Premium offering from Music Business Worldwide, is launching on Wednesday. This code gets you 25% off your first year. Only MBW+ subscribers will have unlimited access to Music Business Worldwide analysis and data
News Warner’s Spinnin’ Records partners with generative AI startup Endel to create 50 AI-generated wellness albums Spinnin’ named as first label to activate Warner Music Group’s global Endel deal
Analysis News Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ concert film has already surpassed $100m in global ticket presales Film will start playing in the confirmed 8,500 theatres across 100 countries around the world on October 13
News Ramona Forsström promoted to Managing Director of Warner Music Finland; Niko Nordström to exit company Exec to succeed Niko Nordström, who is exiting Warner Music after 16 years
News Vivendi exploring sale of ticketing firm See Tickets (report) Vivendi acquired See Tickets UK in its entirety in 2011
News Robbie Williams to make ‘metaverse debut’ in LightCycle, a new AI-powered ‘hyper-realistic virtual city’ built with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 Platform aims to become "the go-to destination for art, film, gaming, music, fashion, sport, property and retail".
News Universal introduces new ‘music-centric’ wellness app Sollos, strikes partnership with Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global Company made the announcements at its first Music + Health conference
News Responsibility for AI copyright infringement rests with platforms, and 3 other things we learned from Robert Kyncl’s Goldman Sachs interview Warner Music Group's CEO participated in a Q&A session on Wednesday (September 6) at Goldman Sachs’ Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco
Analysis Interviews With $65m raised, can DICE satisfy its growth ambitions (even considering the colossal market power of Ticketmaster)? Matt Pincus and Phil Hutcheon outline their view of the ticketing market to MBW