Spotify [2,829 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/spotify/”>Spotify has closed the acquisition of digital audiobook distribution company Findaway. The company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Findaway in November 2021. The terms of the transaction... 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 British producer Fraser T Smith,... Read more »
The MBW Review is where we aim our microscope towards some of the music biz’s biggest recent goings-on. This time, we delve into what BTS’s news of a hiatus means for HYBE’s... Read more »
Primary Wave [148 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/primary-wave/”>Primary Wave Music has acquired the music publishing catalog of Academy Award-winning songwriter Tom Whitlock. The “multi-million-dollar” deal, says Primary Wave, brings all of Whitlock’s music publishing interests... Read more »
Julia Betley has joined Warner Records [319 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/access-industries/warner-music-group/warner-records/”>Warner Records as SVP of Creative Sync Licensing. Betley goes to Warner Music Group [2,095 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/access-industries/warner-music-group/”>Warner following a decade at Sony Music Entertainment... Read more »
SoundCloud [375 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/soundcloud/”>SoundCloud has appointed music industry veteran Tracy Chan as Senior Vice President of Creator. Chan’s appointment at SoundCloud means that he’s exiting his role at Twitch as Head of... Read more »
Sony Music Entertainment [1,190 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/sony/sony-music-group/sony-music-entertainment/”>Sony Music Entertainment has appointed Vanessa Picken to the role of Chair and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand. Reporting to Rob Stringer [164... Read more »
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. The... Read more »
Osagie Osarenz has been promoted to Director of African Operations at artist and label services company ONErpm. Osarenz joined ONErpm in 2020, when the company opened an office in Lagos, Nigeria, under the... Read more »
Legendary music executive Tommy Mottola is getting back into business with Sony Music Entertainment [1,190 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/sony/sony-music-group/sony-music-entertainment/”>Sony Music. Sony Music Publishing [629 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/sony/sony-music-group/sony-music-publishing/”>Sony Music Publishing Latin has entered into a global... Read more »