News Twitch mobile app was downloaded 22m globally in Q1 2021, up 62% year-over-year Platform's mobile MAUs for March 2021 were up 69% year-on-year
Uncategorized Sentric renews deal with British songwriter Joe Hammill in partnership with Strictly Confidential Hammill has garnered over 30m Spotify streams via his co-writing credits
News Music-making app Rapchat raises $2.3m led by Sony Music Entertainment and VC firm Adjacent Platform has 7 million registered users
News Tencent-backed Instrumental launches virtual music venue in Avakin Life – with over 500k attendances in opening weekend "Our partnership with Instrumental shows that the future for live music is no longer limited by physical spaces and reality."
News Jay-Z reportedly finalizes TIDAL sale to Jack Dorsey for $302m (UPDATE)… as platform boasts of paying ‘4X more per stream’ than rivals Final sales price, as reported by TMZ, is over $50 million more than expected
News British songwriter Maya Delilah signs co-publishing deal with Amadeus Publishing and Bucks Music Group She has 4.8 million likes on TikTok
News From Downtown’s $400m copyright sale to Tencent’s trouble in China: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
Analysis Goldman Sachs: Universal is worth over $50bn, and global music streaming revenues will rise $3bn this year Latest Music In The Air report has been obtained by MBW - and it'll put a spring in the industry's step
News Tencent could be hit with $1.5bn fine and forced to sell two music apps in China (report) Reuters reports that anti-competitive watchdogs could force TME to sell off Kugou and Kuwo
News Japan’s Avex Group expands into North America, led by President Naoki Osada Avex USA to house Avex USA Publishing, record label SELENE and the Future of Music Investment Fund
News AWAL extends deal with Tom Misch for forthcoming album Long-term AWAL artist signs new deal following Sony buyout announcement
News Could Daniel Ek buy Arsenal, Sir Lucian Grainge’s favorite football team? Spotify founder's bid is getting serious, with legendary ex-players reportedly backing his interest in the UK club
News From UMG’s $1m an hour, to Paul McCartney’s music streaming crusade: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
News Scooter Braun and Troy Carter backed livestream startup Moment House names seven new key hires Execs join from Spotify, Apple Music and AEG Presents
News Sony Music applauds Apple’s new podcast subscription launch Premium Apple podcast subscriptions will be available in 170 countries in May