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Warner launches ‘5 Junction’ JV with Anjula Acharia to break artists from South Asia and its diaspora
Warner Music Group has partnered with entrepreneur and entertainment executive Anjula Acharia to launch 5 Junction, a new JV label…
EMPIRE strikes deal with Baramey Production to break Cambodian artists globally
Independent record label and distribution company EMPIRE is expanding its presence in Asia with a multi-year partnership with Cambodian music…
HYBE deepfake crackdown sees eight arrested in South Korea, as company’s CEO pledges ‘zero-tolerance and no-settlement policy’ over alleged crimes against its artists
Eight individuals suspected of creating and distributing deepfake videos of HYBE MUSIC GROUP artists have been arrested by South Korea’s…
DAYDREAM: London Exhibition Unites 55 Artists in a Journey Through Imagination
Exhibition Dates: February 28 – March 6, 2025 Opening Event: February 28, 2025 | 17:30 Venue: Unihood x2 & Temperature…
TikTok soft-launches ‘TikTok for Artists’ platform
TikTok parent company ByteDance is facing a deadline this Saturday (April 5) to sell the platform’s US operations or face…
‘People are signing artists for crazy amounts of money just because they have quick momentum. My company is built on artist development.’
MBW’s Inspiring Women series profiles female executives who have risen through the ranks of the business, highlighting their career journey…
How masterful paintings by the artist’s stepdaughter are finally getting recognition
Art Institute of Chicago/ Arthur M Wood/ Collection of Alice and Rick Johnson Blanche Hoschedé-Monet has barely been acknowledged in…
22,100 artists generated over $50k on Spotify last year. The company argues that ‘way more artists are generating meaningful money now than in any previous era of the music industry’.
There are two ways to look at how much artists are earning on Spotify. On the one hand, more artists…
12m artists uploaded music to Spotify last year. Less than 0.6% generated $10,000 or more in royalties.
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of…