News Spotify threatens Uruguay exit amid proposed changes to music copyright law Parliament of Uruguay is voting on a budget bill that includes proposals around 'equitable remuneration' for performers
News Saregama, India’s oldest label, buys majority stake in digital entertainment firm Pocket Aces in $20m deal Saregama has acquired a 51.8% stake in Pocket Aces
News Jet, rock band behind ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’, strikes ‘landmark’ catalog deal with BMG 'Jet are a generation-defining band,' said Heath Johns, BMG President, Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia
News William Hsieh appointed Managing Director of Universal Music Taiwan Exec joins UMG from interactive fitness tech firm Fiture, where he served as Vice President of Content
News IFPI rolls out new music charts in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and North Africa Charts aim to provide official rankings of the top streaming tracks in countries across the MENA region
News Lauren Apolito promoted to Executive Vice President at SESAC-owned Rumblefish Rumblefish was acquired by SESAC in 2014
News Spotify launches Jam, a real-time collaborative playlist feature for up to 32 users 'Jam' lets up to 32 users collectively build a playlist in real-time
News TikTok music marketing agency Round makes key promotions, plans expansion in the US and LATAM Round claims to have delivered more than '1.5 billion engagements' across its campaigns for various superstar artists
News Nicola Tuer to leave Sony Music UK for family reasons Exec's career at Sony spans nearly 30 years
News After raising $1m, AI-powered marketing platform SymphonyOS partners with UnitedMasters SymphonyOS recently closed a $1m pre-seed round from strategic investors from the music and tech sectors
News TuneCore launches Splits ‘Priority Payouts’ program for customized royalty splits New feature lets artists prioritize the order in which collaborators are paid
News Slip.Stream inks music licensing partnership with podcast firm Acast Royalty-free music platform to provide Acast with access to a library of over 70,000 songs for content creation
News Walter Kolm’s WK Entertainment forms partnership with Andres Castro’s Hits Don’t Lie Companies enter co-management deal for Latin music stars Zion & Lennox and Silvestre Dangond
News Jewel John named as sixth Richard Antwi Scholar in London Scholarship was established in 2016 in memory of British music executive Richard Antwi
News Spotify’s rumored ‘Supremium’ tier to offer Lossless music and AI playlist creation at $19.99 per month (report) Leaked code reported by Reddit user offers an insight into SPOT's rumored new tier