News PAI Partners takes majority stake in professional audio equipment maker Audiotonix A news report suggests the deal for Audiotonix is worth nearly GBP £2 billion.
News Luminate reaches music sales data collection deal with indie record stores The new arrangement defuses a controversy over how Luminate collects data on physical music sales at indie stores
News Symphonic Distribution hires UMG and BMG veteran Stephen Nightingale as VP, A&R and Business Development, Canada Nightingale has worked with acts such as Guns n' Roses, the Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails across his two-decade career
Interviews ‘From the start, we knew we were going to be the biggest in the country.’ D-Block Europe are flying, with multiple sold out arena dates behind them, and a No.1 UK album this year. Manager Wesley Earl Banton discusses the UK rap duo’s rise and rise, and the importance of loyalty…
Interviews Milk & Honey now represents Travis Kelce and 80 other sports stars – but its world still ‘revolves around the songwriter’ Lucas Keller talks Travis Kelce, Spotify, A&R, and where his company is headed
Analysis News A new ‘music-only’ subscription tier is coming to Spotify, confirms Daniel Ek… and 4 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call Spotify is making good on its aim to become more than a music streaming service
Analysis News Concord isn’t giving up on Hipgnosis Songs Fund, as it bids $1.51 billion – less than 1% higher than Blackstone’s proposed offer HSF's board is unanimously recommending this offer to shareholders
News Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department has already racked up over 1bn streams on Spotify – the first album to do so in less than a week The Tortured Poets Department has broken more Spotify records
Analysis News Believe generated $250 million in Q1, up 15.9% YoY Paris-headquartered music company Believe has published its financial results for Q1 2024
News Warner Music Group sells Uproxx, HipHopDX and other media assets to Uproxx Founder and CEO Jarret Myer Rich Antoniello joins new company UPROXX Studios as Partner and Executive Chairman; will.i.am joins as Partner/Investor
Analysis Blog ‘Culture and Content are two cross-cutting descriptors that can help us signpost the commercial value gap between human-created and AI-generated works.’ This op/ed comes from Sarah Williams, CEO of IMPEL, the international collective licensing agency representing digital music publishing rights
News Dan P Carter named Director of Artist Development at Spinefarm Music Carter is known for hosting BBC Radio 1's 'The Rock Show' and for his podcast 'Some Who Isn't Me'
News TuneCore reports $125m+ in payouts to indie songwriters since 2012 as it expands its publishing services Platform has also sent out 97m song registration records since it first began offering publishing administration services in 2012
News Samantha Sklar promoted to Vice President of A&R at Position Music Sklar’s promotion comes on the heels of signing songwriter Jack LaFrantz, who co-penned Benson Boone’s 'Beautiful Things'
News TikTok divest-or-ban bill one step from becoming law after sailing through Senate The bill now only needs President Joe Biden's signature to become law
News Universal enters strategic partnership with producer Binetou Sylla and Wèrè Wèrè Music to lead Def Jam Africa across French-speaking Africa The partnership will see Paris-based Binetou Sylla lead Def Jam Africa within French-speaking markets on the continent
News Primary Wave strikes multi-million-dollar music rights deal with Neil Finn of Crowded House Deal includes his work with Crowded House, as well as his solo material
Analysis The risks of AI to music streaming services… according to Tencent Music Entertainment TME is one of the most enthusiastic adopters of AI among music streaming companies, but it sees plenty of unknowns in the technology