Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines.

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management (PSCM) is closing out an investment fund that held a stake in Universal ...

The latest New Year’s Honours list has been revealed in the UK – including some familiar faces from the music industry. Those ...

Universal Music Group (UMG) and Amazon Music have jointly announced a renewed worldwide licensing agreement today (December ...

We’re super-excited to see his continued trajectory and all that 2025 brings.” Shallipopi added: “Thank you to Vevo for ...

Noemí Planas, CEO of WIN and A2IM CEO Dr. Richard James Burgess MBE Independent music organizations WIN and A2IM have criticized Universal/Virgin Music Group’s $775 million acquisition of Downtown ...

San Francisco-based blockchain-powered music platform Audius has struck a multi-territory licensing agreement with the International Copyright Enterprise (ICE ...

MBW’s World’s Greatest Managers series profiles the best artist managers in the global business. Here, we meet Dan Petel, founder of songwriter-producer management company This Is Noise, whose clients ...

UK-based music licensing body PPL paid out GBP £45.3 million (approx. $57 million at current exchange rates) to over 137,000 performers and recording rightsholders in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Paul Roper, the widely respected President of Dualtone Music Group, passed away on Tuesday (December 17) after a courageous battle with cancer. Roper is survived by his wife and their four children.