Music Business Worldwide

5 days ago | musicbusinessworldwide.com | Daniel Tencer

Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximize their income and reduce their touring costs. This week we learned that $1 billion-valued Create Music Group has acquired again, this time snapping up indie electronic music label Monstercat.

6 days ago | musicbusinessworldwide.com | Daniel Tencer

Japan-headquartered music instrument and audio equipment maker Yamaha has announced a $50 million corporate venture capital fund to invest in music and media startups. The Yamaha Music Innovations Fund I, LP (YMIF) will begin to invest this month, the company said in a statement on Thursday (May 8).

6 days ago | musicbusinessworldwide.com | Murray Stassen

Warner Music Group published its calendar Q1 (fiscal Q2) results today (May 8), with CEO Robert Kyncl acknowledging industry-wide challenges on the company’s earnings call. “We recognize this is a moment of transition in the industry and for our company,” Kyncl stated on the call, while maintaining his outlook for future growth. WMG reported company-wide revenue growth of 1.2% YoY for calendar Q1, with recorded music revenues increasing 0.7% YoY, and music publishing revenue growing 3% YoY.

6 days ago | musicbusinessworldwide.com | Mandy Dalugdug

Range Music has launched a dedicated composer division for film and television music, hiring former Kraft-Engel Management executive Jeff Jernigan to lead the department. In his new role, Jernigan will work closely with Range Music’s Vice President of Creative Sync and Strategy, Leah Cook, and represent music-for-media composers, songwriters, music supervisors, and executive music producers.

6 days ago | musicbusinessworldwide.com | Murray Stassen

MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry. Stat Of the Week is supported by music data analytics firm Chartmetric.  Warner Music Group has issued its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 (calendar Q1 – the company’s fiscal Q2).