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
News Warner Chappell strikes exclusive deal with BandLab Technologies that includes a JV to identify and sign songwriters on ReverbNationCompanies to identify and sign 'top-performing singer-songwriters' across the ReverbNation platform
News Downtown Music announces sudden passing of ‘beloved and highly respected’ CTO, Manan VohraExec is described by Downtown as an 'inspirational and visionary leader'
Analysis News ByteDance would rather shut TikTok in the US than sell if legal challenge against ban law fails (report)Citing sources, Reuters reports that TikTok's parent 'would prefer' to shut the app down in the US if court challenge is unsuccessful
News Billie Eilish and Green Day among 250+ artists backing US Senate bill to reform ticketing industryThe bill would require disclosure of a ticket's final sales price before purchase, and strengthen enforcement of laws against ticket-buying bots
Analysis News Epidemic Sound has courted controversy over its ‘buy-out deals’. Here’s exactly how the company pays artists…MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points
News US independent vinyl retailers call for end to artist/label D2C pre-sell exclusivity windows"By restricting pre-sale opportunities ... record labels create a two-tiered system that privileges certain consumers over others."
News After Concord bids $1.511bn for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, Blackstone tells HSF shareholders: Don’t move a muscle, we’ll be right backIt's all about those "irreovcables"...
News PAI Partners takes majority stake in professional audio equipment maker AudiotonixA news report suggests the deal for Audiotonix is worth nearly GBP £2 billion.