Feed Items

Spotify to open Istanbul office, names Akshat Harbola as Managing Director for MENA and Türkiye
Harbola says that Türkiye as a “priority market” for the streaming giant. Source...

Fred Armisen to host CNN music docuseries pulling from UMG’s underground vault
The vault lies within the Iron Mountain facility in Boyers, Pennsylvania, where UMG stores a portion of its catalog 220 feet underground. Source...

Andy Serrao named Chief Creative Officer at Concord Label Group
He will oversee A&R and strategic marketing across the company’s owned label imprints, including Fearless Records, Concord Records, and Rounder Records. Source...

DistroKid, repped by Goldman Sachs and Raine, exploring a sale
New York-based company claims that it handles 30% to 40% of new music releases globally Source...

From BMG’s reported Concord acquisition talks to UMG’s $3bn Anthropic lawsuit… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source...

BMG in talks to acquire Concord (report)
Bertelsmann's BMG in talks to buy Concord, Bloomberg reports Source...

60,000 AI tracks hit Deezer daily as platform moves to license detection tech to wider music industry
Deezer also revealed that up to 85% of all streams on AI-generated music were fraudulent in 2025 Source...

Edwin Schröter promoted to CEO at [PIAS], as co-founder Kenny Gates becomes Executive Chairman
Schröter has been with [PIAS] for more than 25 years and was previously Group Managing Director. Source...

JP Evangelista promoted to EVP of Content, Programming & Marketing at Vevo
The company veteran and founding team member will oversee the global creative, marketing, and audience strategy. Source...

Universal Music acquires stake in superfan app Stationhead
UMG's minority investment in the company follows Stationhead's merger with online music event platform Mellomanic Source...

Comments And Feedback

«

October

»

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31