Music Business Worldwide

Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
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Music Business Worldwide

Music Business Worldwide (MBW) is the leading information and jobs service for the global music industry. It publishes two podcasts: The weekly series, Talking Trends – which dives behind the biggest headlines in the music industry – as well as The MBW Podcast, which sees us interview some of the leading figures in the global business.

  1. Salaam Remi on music, business, Amy Winehouse – and always learning

    05/09/2024

    Salaam Remi on music, business, Amy Winehouse – and always learning

    Welcome to the latest MBW Podcast – this time a special podcast entry in our long-running World's Greatest Producers series. Salaam Remi is, by any measure, a World's Greatest Producer. A Grammy winner, he's worked closely – and made timeless hits – with musical legends from Nas to Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys, The Fugees, and many more. He's also an accomplished music biz executive and entrepreneur. On this podcast, Salaam joins MBW founder, Tim Ingham, to discuss topics including tech...

    37 min
  2. Sherrese Clarke Soares on buying music rights – and expanding Harbourview's vision

    20/08/2024

    Sherrese Clarke Soares on buying music rights – and expanding Harbourview's vision

    On the latest Music Business Worldwide Podcast, Tim Ingham, founder of MBW, is joined by the founder and CEO of Harbourview Equity Partners, Sherrese Clarke Soares (pictured). Since being established in 2021, Harbourview has acquired premium music assets associated with stars such as Wiz Khalifa Nelly, Lady A, Florida Georgia Line and Christine McVie. One of Harbourview's biggest deals to date was its reported $325 million purchase of Sound House Acquisitions LLC in 2022. The c...

    42 min
  3. Amra is disrupting the world of global royalty collections – with big plans for what's next.

    09/08/2024

    Amra is disrupting the world of global royalty collections – with big plans for what's next.

    On the latest Music Business Worldwide Podcast, Tim Ingham, founder of MBW, is joined by the CEO of Amra, Tomas Ericsson (pictured). Amra is a global digital collection society that happens to be owned by Kobalt Music Group. Since Kobalt acquired and relaunched Amra in 2015, the collection society has become a fast-growing business in its own right: in the 12 months to the end of June 2022 – the last year for which public financial information is available – Amra generated over USD $1...

    29 min
  4. What does the future hold for SoundCloud?

    10/07/2024

    What does the future hold for SoundCloud?

    On the latest Music Business Worldwide podcast, MBW founder Tim Ingham is joined by Eliah Seton, the CEO of SoundCloud. Seton (pictured) joined SoundCloud as the company’s President in 2021 after over a decade at Warner Music Group/ADA. Seton then became CEO of SoundCloud last year. During his time at SoundCloud he has steered the company beyond major milestones – including SoundCloud's first ever annual profit, posted last year. The biggest headline surrounding SoundCloud in 2024, however...

    37 min
  5. With 550 employees and 40 offices globally, ONErpm remains fully owned by its founder

    09/07/2024

    With 550 employees and 40 offices globally, ONErpm remains fully owned by its founder

    On the latest Music Business Worldwide podcast, MBW founder Tim Ingham is joined by Emmanuel Zunz, founder of ONErpm, one of the recorded music industry's most interesting companies and something of a quiet giant. When it was founded in 2010, ONErpm quickly gained ground in Brazil, where it continues to challenge the major record companies for market share. Since finding success in Brazil, ONErpm has grown all over the planet, offering a range of partnerships to artists, from low-margin DIY ...

    40 min
  6. Live Nation nonsense & the arrogance of tech investors: Talking Trends

    27/05/2024

    Live Nation nonsense & the arrogance of tech investors: Talking Trends

    On this episode of Music Business Worldwide's Talking Trends, MBW founder, Tim Ingham, is once again joined by Charlie D'Atri, to discuss two key recent headlines from the world of entertainment. This week's duo of topical picks get our hosts more irritated than usual: (1) The US Department of Justice suing Live Nation and Ticketmaster in a bid to break up what it describes as an "unlawful monopoly". (2) Generative AI Suno raising $125 million, as its prime investor – venture capital firm...

    23 min
  7. 'We are witnessing a recalibration of what it means to create pop music...'

    10/05/2024

    'We are witnessing a recalibration of what it means to create pop music...'

    On the latest Music Business Worldwide podcast, MBW founder Tim Ingham is joined by Temi Adeniji, Managing Director of Warner Music Africa and SVP of Sub-Saharan Africa at Warner. Africa, especially Sub-Saharan Africa, is already a major global music industry story with huge potential for the future. On the music-making side of things, the continent has produced global hits and superstars in recent years including the likes of Burna Boy from Nigeria, Tyla from South Africa, and many others. ...

    24 min
  8. Universal x TikTok and Spotify's lyrics move: Talking Trends

    09/05/2024

    Universal x TikTok and Spotify's lyrics move: Talking Trends

    On this episode of Music Business Worldwide's Talking Trends, MBW founder, Tim Ingham, is once again joined by Charlie D'Atri, to discuss two key recent headlines from the world of entertainment: (1) Universal Music Group's kiss-and-make-up announcement with TikTok over the two companies' new deal, via which UMG says it's being paid more handsome compensation than it was previously; (2) Spotify quietly moving access to lyrics behind a 'paywall' – i.e. making lyrics a Premium-onl...

    17 min
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    Music Business Worldwide (MBW) is the leading information and jobs service for the global music industry. It publishes two podcasts: The weekly series, Talking Trends – which dives behind the biggest headlines in the music industry – as well as The MBW Podcast, which sees us interview some of the leading figures in the global business.

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    • Creator
      Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
    • Years Active
      2015 - 2024
    • Episodes
      31
    • Rating
      Explicit
    • Copyright
      © 2024 Music Business Worldwide Ltd
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      Music Business Worldwide

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