News TikTok owner ByteDance makes another key music hire, bringing in Tracy Gardner to negotiate with labels Exec was previously Senior Vice President, Global Business Development and Strategy at Warner Music Group
News JAY-Z names Desiree Perez CEO of Roc Nation Perez has been COO of Roc Nation since 2009 and is a co-founder of the company
News Warner Chappell Music UK partners with K-Pop powerhouse JYP Publishing for Seoul songwriting camp Lyrical melody and topline writers were paired with JYP producers
News Viagogo’s $4.05bn buyout of ticketing rival StubHub is being investigated by the UK’s competition authority CMA is inviting comments on the transaction from any interested party
News Sony Music Entertainment makes strategic investment in podcast production company Neon Hum Partnership will see the two companies expand their development of original podcast content
News Travis Barker’s new label DTA Records enters worldwide joint venture with Elektra Music Group First release from DTA Records/Elektra Records is Barker’s own Gimme Brain featuring Lil Wayne and Rick Ross
Interviews ‘A&R gurus like in the old days? That’s not the way the world is going now.’ Marathon Artists co-founder Paul-René Albertini tells us about some of his career highlights and shares his vision for how a record label should treat artists in 2019 and beyond...
News Italy’s Artist First to launch €2m ‘mini-bond’ raise as part of ‘extensive acquisition and growth strategy’ Company plans to list on the AIM section of the Borsa Italiana
News Centtrip predicts potential currency fluctuations as UK heads to the polls Three likely election outcomes could see sterling move by as much as 10%, says fintech firm
News TIDAL adds Dolby Atmos; JAY-Z and other artist-owners mixing catalogs for format Current library includes songs from The Weeknd, Blondie, Ariana Grande and more
News After selling three catalogs to Hipgnosis, Geffen boss Neil Jacobson steps down, launches new venture New company is called Crescent Drive Productions
News Sony Music UK doubles down on podcast strategy, as Adam Cardew steps up to VP role "4th Floor Creative is uniquely positioned to create first-class podcasts and I can’t wait to see what we can achieve"
News Having spent $665m on songs, Hipgnosis now owns slices of Shape Of You and Uptown Funk Fund says that it now co-owns over 11,000 songs
News Taylor Swift is blocking sync uses of her masters now they’re owned by Scooter Braun Superstar's re-record strategy becomes clear...
News Reservoir signs Sam Sumser, co-writer of Lizzo’s Juice Nashville-based writer joins fast-growing rights company
