Acts appearing on the series include Sean Paul, Daddy1, Teejay, Runkus, Zebee and Skilibeng
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
Over 82% of the US music market is now claimed by catalog records, rather than new releases
MBW’s analysis of latest MRC Data numbers show that less than a fifth of US market in H2 2021 was made up of new releases
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Nas to let fans buy shares in streaming royalties via NFTs on music investment platform Royal
Royal closed a $55 million Series A round in November
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The Orchard bolsters artist and label roster in Africa, confirms three executive hires
Key executives named in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria
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Exceleration Music inks strategic partnership with indie label SideOneDummy Records
Label was founded in Los Angeles in 1995 by Joe Sib and Bill Armstrong
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Mimi Camara and Tawny Thompson join Joie Manda’s Encore Recordings
Camara will serve as Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs, and Thompson joins as Controller and Vice President of Finance
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NFT marketplace OpenSea valued at $13.3bn as it raises $300m in Series C funding
OpenSea was founded in 2017
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Primary Wave acquires stake in catalog of singer-songwriter Matt Redman
Primary Wave says the deal strengthens its position in the faith-based market
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Catch ’22: A Complete* List Of Absolutely Everything The Music Business Needs To Fix Or Get Rid Of In 2022 (*Almost)
Eamonn Forde suggests 22 new year’s resolutions for the music business…
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‘Songs are the most important currency in the music business today.’
Jeannette Perez, newly named President and COO at Kobalt, discusses lessons learned in her career, the evolution of the independent publishing sector and what she’d change about the music industry and why.
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