Kobalt

Kobalt has announced that after more than 20 years with the company, Chief Creative Officer Sas Metcalfe will be stepping down, effective February 28, 2023.British exec Sas Metcalfe stepped…

A new rights management company called Interstellar Music Services has launched, and has made two high-profile appointments from Kobalt Music Publishing and BMG Rights Management.Former…

Artists, industry leaders, and legal experts have joined together in a call to “Protect Black Art,” publishing an open letter in The New York Times and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution…

In July, MBW reported that Kobalt Music Publishing – home to 700,000 songs – was pulling its repertoire from Facebook and Instagram in the United States.According to a memo sent to Kobalt…

The company formerly known as Kobalt Neighbouring Rights has changed its name to Kollective Neighbouring Rights (KNR).It is also launching a new platform powered by Sony Music-owned…

MBW doesn’t suppose you often spend your days poking around UK Companies House filings like we do.But if you did, and if you clicked on the right filings from Kobalt Music Group Ltd (still a…

Kobalt Music Group just became a ‘unicorn’ – but you’d have to know your recent music industry history to understand why.First things first: Today (September 7), Kobalt has confirmed, as…

Last year was a big year for Kobalt Music Group. The company celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2021, while selling AWAL to Sony Music – a deal which left Kobalt clear to focus on its core…

Kobalt is expanding into the NFT business, revealing plans to release a ‘music lyric NFT’ collection called An Electro Revival.In doing so, Kobalt says it will become the “first global music…

The other day MBW jokingly remarked that the global music business had become a little “cozy” this summer – with a distinct lack of companies (publicly) falling out.Please, loyal reader,…