Snapchat has struck a deal with Sony Music Entertainment to include the major record company’s...
Author - Tommy Mac
TikTok and social media’s explosion in music is only going to...
This MBW op/ed comes from Luka Zak (pictured), Founding Partner of We Generate, a global marketing...
‘The next 10 years in music hold a wealth of opportunity, but...
The following MBW op-ed comes from Roberto Neri, who was recently named COO at fast-growing music...
deadmau5 Shows Support for Music Industry-Shifting Decentralized...
MODA could set the tone for a massive shift in artists’ retaining ownership and royalties...
Tencent Music Entertainment revenues hit $1.2bn in Q3, up 3% YoY
Tencent Music Entertainment Group has published its financial results for Q3 2021 (the three months...
‘The best songs come from a real experience.’
MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series celebrates the pop composers behind the globe’s biggest...
Night-time cultural sector hit with 86,000 job losses due to...
New research charts impact on nightclubs, theatres and more, which had been steadily growing before...
HYBE and Universal signal start of ‘historic joint venture’ with...
HYBE, the company behind K-pop superstars BTS, and Universal Music Group (UMG) have launched a...
Universal Music Publishing China opens new office in Shanghai
Universal Music Publishing (UMP) China has opened a new office in Shanghai. The company says the...
Nas says in-game audio ads are a ‘dope medium’ for promoting...
The music business has long known about the power of audio ads for its products – and the modern...
TuneCore strikes partnership with Peloton Music
TuneCore, one of the world’s largest DIY music distribution platforms, has struck a partnership...
Here’s exactly what Spotify, Apple and other streaming services...
The MBW Review is where we aim our microscope towards some of the music biz’s biggest recent goings...
Spotify offloads two thirds of its stake in DistroKid for $167m
Oct 27, 2021 Spotify has sold two thirds of its minority stake in US-based DIY distribution...
20 years of the iPod: how it shuffled music and tech into a new...
In October 2001, the music industry was riven by piracy and had no idea how to solve it. Enter...
Warner Music Group is worth $10bn more than it was a year ago
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we single out a data point that deserves the attention...
‘Against All Odds’: the problem with the music...
As dust from the gold rush settles, big record companies and elite artists emerge firmly on top...
First petrol, then pasta … now record labels are running out of...
Demand for records is soaring, and Britain’s supply problems are making it even harder to get...
The major labels are taking a beating in the UK. Will they end...
Oct 20, 2021 The following op/ed comes from the UK-based founder and publisher of Music Business...
6 of the most innovative digital music platforms you might not...
Oct 19, 20021 Apple‘s recent acquisition of classical music streaming app Primephonic has...
The SEC just green-lit the sale of shares in a hit song – and...
October 18, 2021 By Murray Stassen The value of music rights was given major investor validation...