Mark Hoppus, Nick Lippman and Sherry Saeedi launch ‘venture capital-like’ artist incubator, Verswire
A new artist development incubator called Verswire has launched in Los Angeles and says that it aims to act as a “venture capital-like” music fund. Verswire was founded by blink-182’s Mark Hoppus... Read more »
Pharrell Williams is launching a new NFT platform called the Gallery of Digital Assets or GODA. GODA’s founding team includes contemporary artist Nina Chanel Abney, investor and entrepreneur Shaun Neff, gallery owner... Read more »
MBW’s World’s Greatest Managers series profiles the best artist managers in the global business. This time, we go deep with Adam Alpert, founder of [ Sony Music Entertainment [1,183 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/sony/sony-music-group/sony-music-entertainment/”>Sony Music... Read more »
Last June, Sony Music Group [208 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/sony/sony-music-group/”>Sony Music Group made the landmark announcement that it would no longer apply existing unrecouped balances to earnings for eligible artists who were signed prior to... Read more »
Genneah Turner has been appointed General Manager of The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a UK, not-for-profit trade body representing the rights and interests of music artists. Reporting to CEO David Martin, she... Read more »
Helen Sachdev has been appointed Chair of PPL [102 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/ppl/”>PPL PRS For Music [265 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/prs-for-music/”>PRS Ltd, a joint public performance licensing venture operated by PPL and PRS for Music. Sachdev... Read more »
Lee Soo-man, founder and Chief Producer of K-Pop giant SM Entertainment, delivered a speech at Stanford University on Friday (May 20) at a conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of Stanford University’s Korea... Read more »
Tim Pithouse has joined Three Six Zero as President of Central Services, the global artist management company has confirmed. Pithouse joins Three Six Zero from Sony Music Entertainment [1,182 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/sony/sony-music-group/sony-music-entertainment/”>Sony Music‘s... Read more »
London-born ticketing platform DICE [18 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/dice/”>DICE has expanded into Germany. DICE says that it currently has over 350 shows available in-app in Germany, including concerts with Bicep, Little Simz, Years &... Read more »
MBW’s World’s Greatest Producers series sees us interview – and celebrate – some of the greatest talents working in studios across the decades. The latest instalment features Swizz Beatz, who has produced... Read more »