News K-Pop stars NCT 127 to hold free virtual concert on Roblox Event is claimed to be the first-ever dedicated K-pop experience on Roblox
Interviews As artists reach $100m in direct-to-fan sales via Bandzoogle, the company says it’s ‘solely focused on putting more money in the pocket of creators’ Bandzoogle CEO Stacey Bedford on the company's $100m artist sales milestone, the firm’s positioning in the music industry, and why it's so important for artists to have a clear merch strategy...
News After hosting a virtual Blackpink concert that attracted 15.7m viewers, PUBG MOBILE is launching its own label PUBG already produces its own original music via a virtual band called POWER 4
News Warner Music Group makes investment in virtual fashion platform DRESSX 'DRESSX is exactly the type of partner we need sprinting alongside us as we build for the future,' said
News Merlin partners with fitness app Supernatural to bring indie music to Meta Quest virtual workouts Supernatural claims to be 'world's first subscription-based, full-body fitness service for virtual reality'
Analysis Blog How can artists benefit from the metaverse? The following MBW op/ed comes from Samuel Arvidsson, Chief Commercial Officer at Stockholm-based metaverse developer, The Gang
News Web3 music streaming platform Audius buys virtual concerts platform SoundStage.fm The move brings marks Audius' expansion into the virtual concert space
News The exec who built Spotify For Artists just launched… SoundCloud For Artists Repost artist services platform renamed 'SoundCloud for Artists'
News Warner Music Group partners with NFT marketplace OpenSea to expand Web3 opportunities for its artists Collaboration to allow 'select WMG artists to build and extend their fan communities in Web3'
News Hume attracts $11.7m in funding to grow roster of Web3 artists Investment firm TCG Crypto led the funding round
Analysis News Steve Cooper: Warner Music is becoming less financially dependent on superstar artists – and wants to see ‘regular’ streaming price rises Outgoing Warner boss tackled streaming price rises and more at Goldman Sachs event this week
Analysis News BLACKPINK’s virtual concert on PUBG MOBILE was watched by 15.7m viewers Video marked the first time BLACKPINK have appeared in avatar form for a music video
News K-pop giant SM Entertainment expands in Middle East, plans to discover and produce local artists in Saudi Arabia Firm inks memorandum of understanding with Ministry of Investment Saudi Arabia (MISA) to enter the market and promote joint projects
News iHeartMedia’s latest metaverse move is the launch of ‘iHeartLand’ in Fortnite, and a virtual Charlie Puth concert Media giant to launch 'iHeartLand' inside Epic Games' hit video game
Analysis News Sony Music Japan is building ‘the largest virtual talent development and management project in history’ MBW explores Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)'s virtual talent ambitions...