News From The Weeknd’s ‘crypto powered’ tour to BeatStars’ $200m paid out to creators: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News The Weeknd partners with Binance for ‘first crypto powered world tour’ Binance to release exclusive NFT collection, along with co-branded tour merchandise
News aespa and SM Entertainment ink global deal with Warner Records Apple Music recently announced aespa as its newest global 'Up Next' artist
Analysis Blog The Gamification of Everything The following op/ed comes from Dan Symons, founder of SPLIT / LIP, a Web3 and metaverse business consultancy for rights owners
News Social audio company Gimme Radio raises $3m Previous investors include iHeartMedia and The Orchard
News SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man talks the metaverse and his ‘Future Vision of K-Pop’ SM Entertainment's founder and Chief Producer delivered a speech at Stanford University On Friday, May 20
News Tuned Global teams with personalized music-for-gaming firm Reactional Music, in push to help gaming sector integrate music into gameplay B2B music streaming technology firm Tuned Global strikes deal to be Reactional Music's back-end music provider
News Universal’s Bravado makes metaverse move with Jamiroquai partnership on The Sandbox gaming platform 'Both Bravado and Universal Music Group are excited to help fans explore the metaverse,' said Rachel Redfearn, SVP A&R and Brand Management, Bravado
News After returning as an NFT platform, LimeWire strikes first major label deal with Universal Music Group LimeWire says UMG artists can now use its platform to sell NFTs directly to fans and collectors
News Dalmar ‘Biz Dev’ James Jr. and Eric Namour join distribution platform DistroDirect The new hires mark DistroDirect's ongoing global expansion
News Splice Chief Music Officer Maria Egan exits, joins Riot Games as Global Head of Music & Events Egan was previously Chief Music Officer at Splice since 2020
News Spotify just entered the metaverse, with official launch on Roblox Company becomes first music-streaming brand to have a presence on Roblox
News DICE makes raft of executive hires across Europe and US Falko Mortiboys has been named VP Fan Experience, while Ali McCloud, Antony Jackson and Leon Sherman join the UK-born ticketing company
News Roblox Global Head of Music Jonathan Vlassopulos to step down 'The time has come to embark on my next adventure,' said the music exec in a statement