Analysis News Latin music is on course to generate over $1 billion in the US in 2022 MBW calculations suggest that Latin music claimed a near-7% market share of US streaming revenues last year
News Marketing and distribution platform Intercept Music launches in partnership with Method Man Intercept Music is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanwire Corporation
News Alex Kennedy named Managing Director for the UK at Believe Kennedy's appointment confirms the company's investment in the world’s 4th music market
Analysis News Judges in the US have hinted that the mechanical royalty rate paid to publishers and songwriters for vinyl sales should rise. The major labels’ lawyers have come out swinging. MBW brings you the blow-by-blow of an extraordinary legal battle taking place in the US. It's got everything!
Interviews Behind Jack Harlow: Meet the manager guiding the Grammy-nominated star’s global success Chris Thomas talks MBW through the rise and rise of the Kentucky rapper – and the ambition to be the biggest artist on the planet
News BMG to represent George Harrison publishing catalog via global deal Catalog comprises more than 200 songs written with the Beatles, the Traveling Wilburys and for George Harrison’s solo career.
News AMRA, with annual revenues of over $100m, promotes Robin Davies to COO and Honey Onile-Ere to General Counsel AMRA says its next phase will "transcend the industry with even faster accounting, more accurate payments, more value, and increased transparency"
News Amazon Music streaming prices to rise in US, UK, Canada Updated pricing will come into effect from May 5, 2022
News Spirit Music Group exec Melanie Santa Rosa joins MLC Operations Advisory Committee Drummer and composer Nate Smith has also been appointed to The MLC’s Unclaimed Royalties Oversight Committee
News Electric Feel Entertainment inks publishing JV with Grammy-nominated producer Louis Bell Electric Bell's first signing is Grammy-nominated producer and songwriter Linden Jay
News After previously being exclusively available on Deezer in MENA, Warner-backed Rotana Music signs strategic partnership with Anghami Warner Music Group bought a minority stake in Rotana Music in February last year
News Ed Sheeran wins copyright lawsuit in the UK 'Coincidence is bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released everyday on Spotify,' says Sheeran
News Sony Music’s Global Podcast Division partners with broadcasters Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo Sony Music makes another move in the podcast space
Interviews ‘We’ve never sat there and slagged off a competitor. If you get to that stage, you’ve lost it already.’ Caroline Elleray and Mark Gale made their name as A&R extraordinaires working with artists like Coldplay and Little Simz at Universal Music Publishing. Now the married couple are launching their own venture, Second Songs.