Interviews News With AWAL and Platoon both acquired, Tencent-backed FRTYFVE is becoming an indie power player in artist services London-headquartered FRTYFVE has doubled revenues annually since Tencent invested in it in 2020
News Merck Mercuriadis slams ‘tragedy’ of UK streaming inquiry outcome for songwriters, as record labels applaud industry’s ‘strong progress’ Representatives for music labels and musicians were quizzed on the Economics of Music Streaming in the UK this week
News Tizita Makuria appointed Vice President, A&R at PULSE Music Group Makuria joins PULSE Music Group from Artist Publishing Group
News Ulf Zick quit Universal to join Utopia in early 2022. Six months later, he’s quitting Utopia to return to UMG. Exec exits role at Utopia after six months
News MONSTA X member I.M signs with Sony Music Korea as a solo artist He will work as a solo artist, but he will remain a part of MONSTA X
News Primary Wave buys Whitney Houston hits as part of deal with songwriters Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill Deal follows Primary Wave's $2 billion deal with financial giant Brookfield last month
Analysis News Over 1,000 songs with human-mimicking AI vocals have been released by Tencent Music in China. One of them has 100m streams. TME's Cussion Pang confirms firm has made a lot of progress with its Lingyin Engine
Analysis News TikTok, Meta, Russia, and 37% growth: 5 things we learned from Believe’s Q3 earnings call Denis Ladegaillerie and Xavier Dumont tackle analyst questions, hinting at future trends in the business
Analysis Blog Games have raced ahead to build Web3, but it’s not too late for music The following MBW op/ed comes from Bruno Guez, CEO of Digital rights administration company Revelator
News The A&R Awards 2022: All The Winners A big night for the UK music industry, as an array of companies and individuals pick up awards
Analysis News YouTube Music and Premium surpass 80m paid subscribers That subscriber figure marks a 30 million increase on the last subscriber figure
News Maria Garrido named Chief Marketing Officer Officer at Deezer Exec to be based in Paris, reporting directly to CEO Jeronimo Folgueira
Analysis News Labels asking TikTok for share of ad revenue in new deal talks (report) Bloomberg reports that the three majors are asking TikTok for a share of ad revenues in talks for new deals
News Voly Music completes stellar line-up of category sponsors at A&R Awards Finance management company supports Major Label of the Year battle
Analysis News Resso code hints at ‘TikTok Music’ global rollout preparation (report) Code discovered within TikTok’s sister app Resso hints at further details about ByteDance's music app plans