News Transgressive Publishing and Warner Chappell UK extend joint venture News arrives as Foals sign a new deal with Transgressive for their catalog, side projects and future recordings
News Robin Nastri named SVP, Global Business Office at Sony Music Publishing Exec joins SMP from Accenture
News Music distributor Alliance Entertainment generated calendar Q2 revenues of $247m, down 7% YoY Company has published its fiscal Q4 (calendar Q2) results for the three months ended June 30
News The Circuit Group and Defected Records form strategic partnership for North American and UK expansion The Circuit Group was launched by Dean and Jessica Wilson of Seven20, and Brett Fischer, David Gray, and Harvey Tadman of AYITA
News HYBE-signed K-Pop stars Le Sserafim partner with games developer Blizzard Entertainment for Overwatch 2 collaboration The deal marks the game’s first musical artist collaboration
News Simon Cowell buys stake in content creator streaming startup Lounges.tv The Times reports that the startup is close to completing a £2.5m funding round that will value the business at £20m
News Warner Music opens new creative hub in Amsterdam to house Benelux units and Spinnin’ Records The new hub brings together Warner Music Benelux, Warner Chappell Music Benelux, and Spinnin’ Records under one roof for the first time
News Former Syco MD’s Funfair Records inks marketing and distribution deal with AWAL Funfair is backed by Coran Capshaw and James Sandom at Red Light Management
News Taxi app FREENOW to donate £1 per ride to help save the UK’s grassroots live music venues FREENOW’s goal is to raise a guaranteed minimum of £200,000
News After raising over $10m, Moises unveils AI-powered ‘Voice Studio’ that lets artists license and sell their own voices Company surpassed 30 million registered users on its platform earlier this year
News Erik Pettie joins mtheory as SVP and Head of new Artist Services and Partnerships unit Exec was previously Head of Artist Strategy, Editorial & Marketing Partnerships at TuneCore
News Avex USA forms JV with Coup D’Etat Music to sign Nigerian Afrobeats star Victony Artist has also signed a record deal with Joie Manda’s Encore Recordings
News Bad Bunny breaks Spotify record for most-streamed album in a single day in 2023 so far Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana becomes most-streamed album on Spotify in a single day in 2023 so far
News Riot Games launches HEARTSTEEL, the latest addition to its roster of virtual artists Baekhyun, member of boy band EXO, will be the voice of one of the virtual band's singers, Ezreal
News Spotify rolls out personalized in-app ‘Merch Hub’ based on users’ listening habits With Merch Hub, all artist merchandise is consolidated in one place