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Barry Weiss’s RECORDS promotes Andrew Saltman to SVP of Artist Development, Sara Gil to General Manager
RECORDS, the label co-founded by industry veteran Barry Weiss as a joint venture with Sony Music Entertainment, has promoted two...
What ‘blue dot fever’? Live Nation CFO says ‘There is absolutely no data that supports any issues’ with ticket sales.
Joe Berchtold, Live Nation‘s President & CFO, has a message for anyone worrying about the firm’s concert ticket sales: Don’t.Speaking...
T.J. Martell Foundation to honor Red Light Management founder Coran Capshaw with Lifetime Music Industry Award
The T.J. Martell Foundation will present Coran Capshaw, founder of Red Light Management, with its Lifetime Music Industry Award at...
Will this BTS tide finally lift all K-Pop boats?
MBW Views is a series of op-eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following op/ed comes...
Listeners engage less deeply with music labeled as AI – even when it’s actually human-made, academic study finds
Listeners engage less deeply with music attributed to AI than with music attributed to a human – even when the...
Sony Music Publishing wins Pop Publisher of the Year at 2026 BMI Awards… as Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Luther’ takes Song of the Year
Sony Music Publishing has been named the Pop Publisher of the Year at the 2026 BMI Pop Music Awards.The Sony-owned...
Tencent Music’s $2.4B Ximalaya takeover cleared by China’s competition watchdog – with conditions
Tencent Music Entertainment‘s acquisition of Chinese audiobooks and podcasting platform Ximalaya has cleared China’s competition watchdog.China’s State Administration for Market...
Warner Music launches Atlantic Records Finland, led by Fredi Lundén and Kristiina Wheeler
Warner Music Finland has launched Atlantic Records Finland, a new frontline label focused on pop and rap.The label will be...
If you thought the US music industry was concerned about AI, you should hear what they’re saying in China.
The Chinese music streaming market is facing “industry chaos” due to platforms allowing masses of copyright-infringing, AI-made tracks to fill...
Guy Moot is this year’s recipient of the UK’s MITS Award – the first music publisher to receive the honor
Guy Moot, Co-Chair and CEO of Warner Chappell Music (WCM), the global publishing arm of Warner Music Group, has been...
