News Jason Murray named President of Vector Management, as firm merges with Black Box Music Black Box Music was founded in 2004 by Jason Murray and Ian Stanger
Analysis News Done deal: Justin Bieber sells catalog to Hipgnosis’ Blackstone fund Deal means Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital has spent around half a billion dollars to date
News Ru Ping Gan named VP of Digital, Asia Pacific at Warner Chappell Music Exec joined the company in 2013
News From Flo Rida’s $82.6m legal victory, to the landmark streaming fraud investigation in France… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News Avex USA launches Blue Suede Records label JV with TikTok star Ari Elkins Elkins has amassed over 1.9m followers on TikTok
News After raising $11.7m, Web3 and virtual artist company HUME hires Adrian Karvinen in VP role Karvinen will be responsible for building partnerships between brands and 'metastars'
News K-Pop stars NCT 127 to hold free virtual concert on Roblox Event is claimed to be the first-ever dedicated K-pop experience on Roblox
News Emmy Lovell named Global Head of Music at SoundCloud Lovell will continue to be based in London and will report to Chief Content and Marketing Officer, Lauren Wirtzer-Seawood.
News Viberate cuts subscription cost to under $10 in bid to democratize access to high end data analytics tools Music data analytics company implements 'scary' subs cost cut to 'revolutionize' pricing model in the sector
News Warner to premiere Latin Music TV series ‘Melody’ on Prime Video Series is being produced by Warner Music Entertainment (WME), Warner Chappell Music (WCM), Warner Music Latina (WML) and Trinity Entertainment
Analysis Sir Lucian Grainge’s royalty payout letter was a ‘hallelujah moment’ for streaming’s anti-fraud movement. Nick Dunn, founder of UK-based distributor Horus Music, hopes that Universal's new focus will help neuter criminal activity on platforms
News Anton Powers named Head of A&R at Sony Music-owned Ministry of Sound Exec will report to Dipesh Parmar, President of Columbia Records UK
News BMG faces lawsuit over alleged unpaid royalties from ‘Uptown Funk’ BMG Rights Management is being sued by the heirs of The Gap Band members Robert and Ronnie Wilson
Interviews ‘Being unsigned doesn’t matter anymore. Now, it’s about being independent.’ Ty Baisden, the long-time business partner and manager of independent R&B star Brent Faiyaz tells us about turning his independent artist marketing strategies into a book and his predictions for the indie artist space...
Analysis News From Sir Lucian Grainge on music’s streaming payout model to Kakao Entertainment’s $966m investment… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip