News Merlin inks licensing deal with B2B music platform Adaptr Platform was launched by technology firm Feed Media Group (FMG)
Analysis News Universal Music Group posted almost $1bn in EBITDA profit in the first half of 2021 Recorded music streaming revenues leap up 29.7% year-on-year in Q2
News Vivendi’s 70% Universal Music Group sell-off is getting… complicated Pershing Square could now acquire 5%, rather than 10%, of world's biggest music rights company
News Done deal: Pershing Square SPAC is buying 10% of Universal Music Group for $4bn Bill Ackman's company announces it's completed agreement with Vivendi to buy into major music company
News From Universal Music Group’s $40bn-plus valuation to Tommy Boy’s sale: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past five days in the global music business
News TuneCore and Believe partner with YouTube to provide music for TikTok rival Shorts Deal follows Shorts' recent US launch
News NetEase to spin off music streaming service in $1bn Hong Kong IPO Application was filed in Hong Kong on Wednesday, May 26
Analysis News From Universal’s 10% sell-off to Sony Music under investigation: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest headlines from the past five days in the music industry
Analysis News Which US company might soon buy 10% of Universal Music Group… in a multi-billion dollar deal? New filing also suggests Vivendi might float 70%, rather than 60%, of UMG
News Warner Music Group buys stake in virtual concerts platform Wave Warner says partnership will enable it to unleash "more powerful artist activations"
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
Interviews Why SoundCloud has the music business right where it wants it. Michael Weissman, CEO of SoundCloud, answers MBW's questions on payout models, tipping, and where the music industry's headed
Analysis News Universal Music Group is raising $3.5 billion in financing. Will a spending spree follow? MBW obtains new UMG org chart, showing the importance of its Dutch company
News MBW’s Weekly Roundup: IFPI, BMG x KKR, Warner x Tencent, TuneIn, IMPALA The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place