Ex-Roblox Head of Music Jon Vlassopulos joins advisory board of metaverse company Dubit

Jon Vlassopulos, the former Roblox VP, Global Head of Music, has joined the advisory board of Dubit, a UK-based games designer for the metaverse. Vlassopulos left his role at Roblox at the... Read more »

The Weeknd, Pharrell Williams named as investors for a16z Cultural Leadership Fund committed to Black wealth generation in technology

Last week, Andreessen Horowitz’s (a16z) Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) launched its third fund, CLF III, naming The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) and Pharrell Williams as investors. A16z says that its Cultural Leadership Fund... Read more »

FUGA bolsters marketing team with new hires and promotions in the US and UK

Downtown Music Holdings [269 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/downtown-music-holdings/”>Downtown-owned B2B distributor FUGA [85 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/downtown-music-holdings/fuga/”>FUGA is expanding its team with a number of senior marketing hires and promotions. Helen Barrass joins FUGA’s UK team as... Read more »

Anthony De Padua promoted to Vice President, Digital Marketing at RCA Records

Anthony De Padua has been promoted to Vice President, Digital Marketing at RCA Records. De Padua started at RCA Records in 2020 as Director, Digital Marketing. RCA says that De Padua has... Read more »

Geoff Taylor: My Manifesto

In My Manifesto, we ask a wide range of execs to play the role of politician. For some, it’s more of a stretch than others. For Geoff Taylor [44 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/people/geoff-taylor/”>Geoff Taylor,... Read more »

From Goldman Sachs’ multi-billion dollar forecast to BTS’ hiatus: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

Welcome to  Music Business Worldwide [181 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 »

Franklin ‘Twizz’ David named President of Brand, Content and Partnerships in North America at Chocolate City

Nigeria-based record label Chocolate City has appointed Franklin  ‘Twizz’ David as its new President of Brand, Content and Partnerships in North America. Based in New York, David joins the company’s executive leadership... Read more »

Kate Bush is the world’s biggest independent artist right now. She’s owning it.

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. Millions... Read more »

Music licensing tech startup Songclip strikes strategic partnership with National Music Publishers’ Association

Music licensing tech startup Songclip has entered into a strategic partnership with The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) [165 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/national-music-publishers-association-nmpa/”>National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA). According to an announcement published today (June... Read more »

Rayna Bass and Selim Bouab promoted to Co-Presidents of 300 Entertainment

Rayna Bass and Selim Bouab have been promoted to Co-Presidents of Warner Music Group [2,096 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/access-industries/warner-music-group/”>Warner Music Group-owned 300 Entertainment [62 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/300-entertainment/”>300 Entertainment. The news was announced today (June 16)... Read more »