News Pinterest strikes deals with Warner, Merlin and BMG to expand music experience on platform Users will now be able to add tracks to 'Idea Pins', Pinterest's short-form video tool
Interviews Per Sundin on ABBA, Pophouse’s acquisition strategy – and why he thinks the smartest people at record companies will soon be working on catalog The CEO of Pophouse Entertainment, and former CEO of Universal Music Sweden, joins the MBW Podcast
News As BTS prepare to join the military – and quit music until 2025 – HYBE’s CEO says company has a plan without its biggest earner HYBE has confirmed that BTS will carry out compulsory military service in their home country of South Korea
News Mercedes-Benz strikes Dolby Atmos partnership with Apple Music and Universal Universal will officially base song approval process on sound quality in Mercedes-Benz vehicles
Analysis Interviews ‘Short-form video has changed the way music is performed, shared, and enjoyed. Competition for eyeballs is fierce.’ MBW's World Leaders series interviews Sherry Tan, Managing Director of Warner Music China
News Warner is looking for an exec with gaming experience to lead its Metaverse strategy Company is hiring for a Senior Director, Metaverse Development in New York
News Triller secures $310 million investment ahead of planned Q4 IPO The big money keeps on moving in the music industry...
Interviews News With fresh eight-figure financing, and a new CEO, Napster wants to take Web3 music to the mainstream MBW interviews Napster's new CEO Jon Vlassopulos
News VR concert startup AmazeVR raises $17m, with Korea’s CJ Entertainment joining as strategic investor Past investors re-up interests, including Mirae Asset Capital, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, CJ Investment, Smilegate Investment and others
News Napster hires Roblox former Global Head of Music, Jon Vlassopulos, as CEO Company has also announced a new funding round
Analysis News US recorded music revenues hit $7.7bn in H1 2022, but growth slowed compared to H1 2021 RIAA has published its 2022 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report
News iHeartMedia inks partnership with Interval Presents, Warner Music Group’s new podcast network The two companies will co-produce a slate of weekly and limited-run podcasts, distributed through the iHeartPodcast Network
News Live concert interest in the US nearing pre-Covid levels, new study shows Of those surveyed in February, 36% of US consumers said they planned on attending a concert in the following year, versus 15% who said they attended one concert in the previous year, Luminate said.
News Strange Fruits rebrands to Fruits Music, plans launch of its own subscription app The rebranding coincides with the company’s fifth anniversary this year.
News Six months after selling to Epic Games, Bandcamp is bringing back ‘Bandcamp Fridays’ Nearly 800,000 fans have participated in the Bandcamp Fridays program since March 2020