News Sony Music Publishing expands in MENA with new Dubai office, names Dounia Chaaban as Managing Director Exec will report to Sony Music Publishing's Senior Vice President of International, Dan Nelson
News Hangout FM and Beatdapp join forces to combat streaming fraud Soon-to-be-launched Hangout FM aims to "fight the good fight against fraud from launch day"
News The MLC sues Pandora for allegedly underpaying royalties and late fees "Our team repeatedly sought to resolve this issue directly with Pandora, but Pandora has refused to correct their reporting or royalty payments"
News TikTok braces for potential probe and hefty fines in EU over child safety concerns (Report) The EU's Digital Services Act allows for fines of up to 6% of annual sales for violations
News Worldwide Independent Network elects five new board members The new members hail from Argentina, Chile, Croatia, India and South Korea, part of WIN's effort to "connect as many territories as we can"
News Lofi Girl’s record label lands publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music France Lofi Girl, the first 24/7 music livestream on YouTube, has become a worldwide phenomenon
News Ultra Music Publishing acquires Wheezy’s back catalog, inks new go-forward deal Patrick Moxey's company has signed a deal for 427 songs from Wheezy's, catalog plus future works
News Metaverse studio Karta expands to ZEPETO, targeting fashion-forward audience ZEPETO has built a user base of 400 million on the strength of its virtual fashion marketplace
News SM Entertainment trims 2025 revenue goal by 22% after Q4 2023 revenue falls 3.4% The K-pop giant has trimmed its revenue target for 2025 from KRW 1.8 trillion to KRW 1.4 trillion
News Daniel Ek cashes out another $57.5m in Spotify stock, just three months after he banked $64m, and 6 months after he offloaded $100m in shares Ek sold his shares at a time when Spotify's stock price is at its highest level since late 2021
News CTS Eventim’s revenues blow past expectations, jump 22.5% in 2023 to $2.5B Ticketing revenues grew more than 32%, while live event revenues jumped by nearly 19%
News Africa-focused music streaming service Mdundo hits 30.8M monthly active users The company reported a steep drop in ad revenue, but large growth in paid subscribers
News Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Recordings joins forces with Create Music Group in multi-year deal So So Def founder Jermaine Dupri will transition from CEO to Chairman of the company, retaining creative direction
News UK music licensing company PPL paid out over $352m to performers and rightsholders in 2023 PPL credits its 2023 performance to the ongoing recovery from the pandemic, with more businesses reopening in the UK and globally
News Karen Vincent elevated to General Manager of Warner Music Denmark The 25-year veteran of the music industry most recently served as Warner Music Denmark's Marketing Director