Ezekiel Lewis promoted to President of Epic Records
Ezekiel Lewis has been promoted to President of Epic Records. He will continue to report to Sylvia Rhone, Epic Records’ Chairwoman...
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Reservoir’s revenues grew 13% YoY to $122.3m in its fiscal year ending March 31
Reservoir Media has today (May 31) published the financial results for its fiscal Q4 2022 (calendar Q1 2023) and...
ByteDance expands responsibility of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to include its Instagram rival Lemon8 (report)
Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of TikTok who was grilled at a hearing in front of US lawmakers earlier...
Live Nation President and CFO talks AI, ticketing legislation and TikTok at J.P. Morgan conference
The live-events business is seeing one of its biggest boom years in recent memory, and few companies are capitalizing...
Copyright Royalty Board confirms streaming royalty rate for songwriters for 2018-2022
Good news songwriters: the Copyright Royalty Board in the US issued a written determination this week upholding the mechanical...
From the 120,000 tracks hitting streaming services daily to Universal’s AI sound partnership… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our...
Queen music catalog could be sold this year for over $1 billion
Two years ago, MBW ran a popular story with an attention-grabbing headline: “Queen’s music is making crazy money. Could...
Andrew Spence promoted to General Counsel at Sony Music Publishing UK
Sony Music Publishing UK has promoted Andrew Spence to General Counsel. In his elevated role, Spence will oversee business...
Tina Turner, legendary singer, passes away, aged 83
Legendary artist Tina Turner has passed away, aged 83. According to an official statement issued by her representatives on...
‘Japanese acts account for nearly 90% of all tickets sold for live music events in Japan.’
MBW’s World Leaders is a regular series in which we turn the spotlight toward some of the most influential...