April, 2021

‘The launch of [Integral] shows our absolute commitment to independent distribution worldwide.’
Kenny Gates explains why his company has re-branded and re-categorized its indie distribution arm Source...

Universal Music Group is raising $3.5 billion in financing. Will a spending spree follow?
MBW obtains new UMG org chart, showing the importance of its Dutch company Source...

NFTs: What songwriters and music publishers need to know
'Songwriters and copyright owners should be vigilant about NFT sales that implicate their work,' writes National Music Publishers' Association president & CEO, David Israelite Source...

Having sold music rights to 125 people via NFTs, this blockchain platform is evolving again
Lee Parsons talks MBW through last month's NFT sales – and why decentralized finance is the next step for his company Source...

This robot rapper has 9m followers on TikTok. The company that created him thinks traditional A&R is ‘inefficient and unreliable’
Anthony Martini, co-founder of Factory New, tells MBW about the concept behind his new label, its virtual artists and company's future goals... Source...

David McConnell promoted to Chief Technology Officer at Songtradr
McConnell started at Songtradr in February of 2020 as Director of Technology Architect Source...

Sony Music is buying Som Livre, Brazil’s biggest homegrown record label, for $255m
MBW forecast a nine-figure buyout for Som Livre last month on these very pages Source...

Scooter Braun sells Ithaca Holdings to HYBE, formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment, for $1 billion
Ithaca owns SB Projects as well as Big Machine Label Group and more Source...

From Scooter Braun’s billion-dollar deal to Apple’s backing of UnitedMasters: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up
The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place Source...

UK’s Department for International Trade backs virtual songwriting camp for Netflix, CBS music supervisors
"This songwriting camp shows the strong relationship between the US and UK in the music industry," says British Consul General in Los Angeles Source...

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