News Jill Weindorf and Joe Dent promoted to Executive Vice President roles at Concord Label GroupThe move is one of the first under newly appointed Chief Executive of Concord Label Group Tom Becci
News Nick Ghelakis and Nicole Thomas named Co-Country Managers of Virgin Music Group, South AfricaSouth Africa is the largest recorded music market in the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) region
News NetEase Cloud Music expands K-Pop library with JYP Entertainment partnershipThe China-based music streaming service says it will continue signing new partnerships to bring a wider range of music to its listeners
News TikTok strikes another global ticketing partnership, this time with Germany’s CTS EVENTIMTikTok's push into ticketing services comes amid a licensing dispute with Universal, and a US law forcing ByteDance to sell the company or face a ban
News Jenny Gorotiza promoted to Vice President, Marketing at Island RecordsBased in New York, Gorotiza will continue to spearhead creative marketing campaigns for artists, including Shawn Mendes, keshi, and Lauren Spencer Smith
News ‘Return of the Mack’ hitmaker Mark Morrison strikes ‘multi-million dollar’ music rights deal with Evan Bogart’s Seeker MusicMorrison's 'Return of the Mack' has been sampled in more than 25 songs, and has appeared in numerous ads
Analysis News A shaman, a management coup, a tearful press conference and a $770m market cap dip: What the heck is going on at HYBE?Disputes between record companies and their executives have happened before, but this one takes the cake for weirdness
Analysis News Deezer’s revenues grew 14.2% YoY to $144m in Q1; subscriber base reached 10.5mParis-headquartered music streaming service Deezer has published its financial results and subscriber numbers for Q1 2024
News NEON16 signs Latin American producers, Faraon and Distobal, to its publishing division'This partnership symbolizes our commitment to shaping the future of music,' said Raul Chirinos, NEON16's Head of Publishing
News ONErpm’s ONE Publishing strikes partnership with YouTube for multiple countries in Latin America and the USONE Publishing to directly collect mechanical royalties from YouTube in Brazil, the United States, and multiple Latin American countries
News PULSE Music forms ‘music publishing creative joint venture’ with Jon Bellion’s Beautiful MindSongwriter and multi-instrumentalist Elijah Noll is the first artist signed to the joint venture.
News Sony Music Germany launches ‘noted. records’ for electronic music, with A&R and strategy led by Jean-Sebastien PermalThe market value of the global dance music scene grew by double digits in 2023.
News Blackstone launches $1.57 billion bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund; HSF board recommends offer to shareholdersWith debt taken into account, Blackstone's latest offer values HSF at approximately USD $2.177 billion
Analysis News From the bidding war for Hipgnosis Songs Fund to ByteDance’s battle for TikTok in the US… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
News Music industry veteran Richard Stumpf launches Hawkeye Music PublishingNew company has named Round Hill Music as a strategic partner