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Sweden-headquartered music production company Epidemic Sound has published its annual report for 2024.Financial highlights from the report include a 29% YoY jump in revenues, to 1.921…

MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry. Stat Of…

Creators, artists and copyright owners have raised the alarm about a proposal in front of UK lawmakers that would see copyright protections loosened to help the…

Billionaire investor and major Universal Music Group (UMG) shareholder Bill Ackman issued a warning about US President Donald Trump’s global tariffs, describing them as potentially triggering…

Popstar and two-time Grammy winner Sabrina Carpenter has been announced as the “icon” for Epic Games’ Fortnite Festival Season 8.The season kicks off Tuesday (April 8).…

HYBE America has signed a distribution partnership with So So Def Recordings, reuniting music executive Scooter Braun with the label’s founder, Grammy Award-winning producer Jermaine Dupri.The…

Island Records has promoted Marshall Nolan to Executive Vice President, Head of Commercial Strategy, the Universal Music Group label announced Tuesday (April 8).The appointment comes after…

US President Donald Trump has extended ByteDance’s deadline to divest its TikTok operations in the US by another 75 days.“My Administration has been working very hard…

Sony Music has announced that David Massey, President of Arista Records, will retire from the company.The news comes seven years after Massey re-launched the legendary record…

Sony Music Publishing UK has promoted Sarah Gabrielli to Head of A&R.Gabrielli will continue to be based out of the company’s London office, reporting to President…