News Chrysalis Records signs global distribution deal with Secretly Distribution Deal covers all physical and digital distribution for the label’s frontline releases
News Spotify doubles down on short-form video content with new ‘Clips’ feature Spotify Clips lets artists add videos of up to 30 seconds long to their artist profiles
News Alison Donald promoted to Head of Global Creative at Kobalt Exec joined Kobalt in 2017 from Columbia Records UK
News Julie Adam named EVP and General Manager at Universal Music Canada Exec will lead UMC’s front-line operations, overseeing the label’s marketing, digital strategy, commercial affairs, and brand partnership portfolios
News Warner Music settles lawsuit with rock band The Jesus And Mary Chain over rights dispute Music company and band end lawsuit over band's attempt to win back the rights to their recordings
News Shamrock buys portion of Metro Boomin’s publishing catalog for nearly $70m (report) Reported acquisition comes just a month after Shamrock raised more than $600 million in commitments for its third equity fund
News HYBE’s SM Entertainment takeover plan falls short, Kakao launches $960m offer for controlling stake SM Entertainment’s shareholders are not buying into HYBE’s plan to take control of its rival
News Rough Trade Publishing inks global deal with Utopia-owned Sentric Deal comes a year after Sentric Music Group was acquired by Switzerland-headquartered fintech company Utopia Music
News In victory for HYBE, SM Entertainment ends Kakao deal as court blocks firm from issuing new shares Seoul court grants provisional injunction to block the company from issuing new shares
News Tuned Global acquires AI-powered music tech and DJ app company Pacemaker Pacemaker holds several patents for its proprietary AI technology
News UK public performance joint venture PPL PRS has paid out $1.2bn+ to creators and rightsholders to date JV launched in 2018
News Spotify rival Anghami sued by PopArabia, Reservoir over allegedly streaming unlicensed songs Lawsuit was filed in December
News US sets 30-day deadline to delete TikTok from federal devices as Canada also follows European Commission ban US and Canada have followed the European Commission in banning the use of ByteDance-owned TikTok from employees devices
News After securing $100m to buy film and TV music rights, Cutting Edge forms strategic venture with Village Roadshow Entertainment Deal covers all of VREG's past and future music publishing assets, soundtrack album releases and music supervision services
News Spotify dips a toe in NFT space, via token-gated playlists starting with Universal’s virtual band Kingship KINGSHIP revealed via Twitter that it's teaming up with Spotify on a token-enabled playlist