MBW Reacts is a series of short comment pieces from the MBW team. They are our ‘quick take’ reactions – through a music biz lens – to major entertainment news stories. Apparently,... Read more »
Gemma Reilly-Hammond has been named Managing Director at Quietus Management in London, in a move that the company says will “scale up its activities.” The Quietus roster includes Simply Red, Simple Minds,... Read more »
After the US-based talent agency Wasserman Music acquired Paradigm Talent Agency [55 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/paradigm-talent-agency/”>Paradigm Music UK’s live music business in April, the company has promoted Laura Brown, Cecilia Chan, Suzie Melki, Lucy... Read more »
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide [180 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/music-business-worldwide-2/”>Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s... Read more »
Chinese tech giant NetEase [50 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/netease/”>NetEase‘s subsidiary Cloud Village – which operates music streaming service NetEase Cloud Music [53 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/netease-cloud-music/”>NetEase Cloud Music – has entered into a licensing deal with... Read more »
Did you listen in to all the recent investor presentations from the world’s largest music companies? Of course you didn’t. You watched Netflix [249 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/netflix/”>Netflix with your evening, like a normal... Read more »
A serious new player in the global music rights acquisitions space is making itself known. Seoul-based Beyond Music, a company calling itself “the Korean version of Hipgnosis Songs Fund [225 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/hipgnosis-songs-fund/”>Hipgnosis“,... Read more »
Universal Music Group [2,721 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/universal-music-group/”>Universal Music Group has been named as an exclusive launch partner for an AI-driven music app for the care of people affected by dementia. The app, called... Read more »
Los Angeles-based Songistry, an AI-based music technology company, has raised $5 million. The funding was based on a pro-forma $20 million valuation. On Songistry’s website, the company describes itself as “a frictionless... Read more »
Los Angeles-based Activist Artists Management [3 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/activist-artists-management/”>Activist Artists Management is expanding its focus on Asia, appointing industry veteran Jonathan Heeter as Head of Asia for Activist. Heeter is tasked with identifying... Read more »