News Warner Chappell acquires catalog of over 10,000 tracks from music publisher Deck in Brazil Deck is a record label and publisher founded in 1998 by João Augusto
News Lanre Masha appointed Director, West Africa at The Orchard Exec is stationed at the company’s Lagos office
News Google launches measures to safeguard generative AI users from copyright claims Move arrives amid rising concerns surrounding potential IP infringement claims around the use of generative AI
News Interscope inks deal with Natanael Cano’s Los CT label CT’s roster includes singer-songwriter Gabito Ballesteros, who had a recent hit called 'AMG' alongside Natanael Cano and Peso Pluma
News Music AI startup Hook raises $3m in seed round led by Point72 Ventures, Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s Waverley Capital and joined by Three Six Zero and Avex Company says it uses artificial intelligence "to empower anyone to remix and remake their favorite songs".
News Quinn McGinley promoted to General Manager of Neil Jacobson’s Hallwood Recordings Exec originally joined Hallwood Media in October 2020
News Spotify to restrict some features for free-tier users in India to encourage paid subscriptions (report) Spotify is introducing limitations on features available to free-tier users in the market
News Record companies secure victory against ‘streaming manipulation’ site in Germany Platform that illegally provided artificial 'plays,' 'views,' or 'streams' on DSPs like Spotify
News Downtown Music Publishing inks global deal with Outer Voice Music Publishing Agreement aims to drive exposure, and promotion for South Asian songwriters
News Elton John joins $5m investment round for British music tech company Audoo Audoo has raised $22 million to date
News Melanie Johnson appointed Chief Commercial Officer at music tech company Audoo Company raised £7.2 million in its pre-series B funding round in 2021
News Warner-backed generative AI startup from co-inventor of Siri launches its own record label LifeScore is also a graduate of the Abbey Road RED Incubator
News $200m-backed Multimedia Music acquires catalog of film and TV composer Christopher Lennertz Lennertz has worked on scores for films like Horrible Bosses, Pitch Perfect 3 and others
News Global independent music publishers propose set of ‘ethical’ guidelines for AI developers Guidelines comprise four core principles for the use of music in AI training processes