Thursday (May 17) at The Great Escape began without the customary first day downpour. The music business was still digesting the big news from YouTube, but the delegates queuing ...
Having disruped the music publishing landscape in recent years, Kobalt has now set its sights on the recording business with a massive investment of $150 million (£108m) in its AWAL ...
The biggest change I’ve seen in the biz is…“Globalisation. Music is global and you have to work that way. Today, almost everyone sees the opportunity in streaming, they see ...
Following recent major agreements with Universal Music Group and Sony/ATV, Facebook has published details of three more music licensing deals.
Announcing the news via a blog written by head ...
Kobalt has promoted Lonny Olinick to the role of CEO of its recordings division, which includes AWAL and Kobalt Music Recordings. Olinick will report directly to Willard Ahdritz, Kobalt’s CEO ...
Kobalt's Capital fund has acquired Songs Music Publishing's catalogue in a deal said to involve most of the major players in the music publishing business bidding for the rights.
Described ...
Music Week cover stars Kobalt have signed a multi-faceted worldwide publishing and recordings deal with The Wombats. The band's previous three albums were released by Warner Music UK's 14th ...
Where there’s a Willard, there’s a way. Kobalt Music founder/CEO Willard Ahdritz appears on the cover of this week’s Music Week, alongside the company’s chief creative officer Sas Metcalfe ...
“I have no interest in trying to play games with numbers,” says Willard Ahdritz. “Like Amazon, we have been investing, investing, investing and growing. Of course, profitability, when you have ...
It’s been a huge year for Kobalt Music, from this month’s acquisition of Songs Music Publishing to big signings (including The Kooks, The Wombats and First Aid Kit) ...
