News Pink Floyd’s $500m catalog auction delayed due to band ‘infighting’ (report) Catalog auction process is reportedly in limbo
Analysis News Deezer targets annual revenues of €1bn by 2025 Streaming company details growth strategy at investor day in London
Analysis News From Primary Wave’s $2bn deal to the 100,000 tracks uploaded to streaming services each day… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
News US music data analytics firm Chartmetric acquires UK-based tech startup onesheet Artist marketing startup onesheet was co-founded by Stevie Elsworth and Mike Miller
Analysis News HYBE acquires fake voice AI company Supertone in $32m deal (report) Supertone generated global media attention in January 2021 with its so-called Singing Voice Synthesis (SVS) technology.
News Song data startup Session, co-founded by Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, Niclas Molinder, strikes partnership with SoundCloud Session Studio is embedded within DAWs to capture song information and data at the point of creation
Analysis News After 10 long years, the handcuffs are coming off Universal Music Group in Europe. In 2012, the European Commission banned UMG from making a wide range of deals in Europe. That ban just expired.
News A&R Icon Award to be sponsored by YouTube at A&R Awards in London Global music video giant supports category of legends at November's A&R Awards
News Two thirds of TikTok’s viral hits are sparked by organic content, with no spend on advertising or influencers (report) Creative consulting agency ContraBrand publishes report on How Artists are Going Viral on TikTok in 2022
Interviews ‘A one size fits all approach in music is holding back creativity.’ Corite COO Emelie Olsson discusses the future of the platform, the evolution of audience-power in music, Web3 and much more besides
Interviews ‘Chocolate City is a safe haven for creatives.’ MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Abuchi Ugwu, CEO of Nigeria-based record label Chocolate City
News Apple pulls apps owned by Russian tech giant VK from app store, including music service VK Music VK apps are no longer available to download on iPhones
News Pophouse Entertainment buys 75% of Avicii master recordings and publishing Firm also forms JV with late EDM star's family
News Universal buys majority stake in India-based TM Ventures, which manages superstars Arijit Singh and Badshah TM Ventures was formed by Indian entrepreneur Tarsame Mittal
Analysis Interviews News New $100m-backed fund launches to buy catalogs in Asia, led by industry veteran Chee Meng Tan and ex-Universal Music China MD Garand Wu Singapore-based music fund launches with initial raise of USD $100m