‘Nobody will out-work me and nobody will out-care me; they won’t do it, they can’t do it.’

MBW’s World’s Greatest Managers series profiles the best artist managers in the global business. Here, we speak to Chris Kappy, the manager of country music’s biggest new star, Luke Combs. World’s Greatest Managers is supported by Centtrip, a spe…

‘We always put the songwriter at the centre of everything we do – globally.’

It’s a new era for Sony Music Publishing, with a global rebrand from the historic Sony/ATV
name. Here, the leaders of Sony Music Publishing UK explain why the name change is symptomatic of a wider transformation…
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The major music companies now turn over $2.5m every hour – and will generate more than $20bn between them this year

MBW’s number-crunching tells us it’s going to be a gangbusters year for the majors
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Jack White’s Third Man Records expands into London, with retail space, live venue and new European HQ

The store will become the company’s third physical space, alongside buildings in Nashville, Tennessee and Detroit, Michigan
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