Posts by Mandy Dalugdug

HYBE warns of potential ‘legal measures’ against SM Entertainment over Kakao deal (report)

Rift between K-Pop giants HYBE and SM Entertainment escalates

After partnering with Warner last year, pre-cleared music for games platform STYNGR inks licensing deal with ICE Services

STYNGR offers pre-cleared music for games and the metaverse

Joel Zimmerman joins Range Media as partner in music division

Zimmerman spent 13 years of his career at WME

London’s V&A Museum acquires David Bowie archive with £10m donation from Blavatnik Family Foundation, Warner Music

Archive covers more than 80,000 items from Bowie’s six-decade career

Yvette Medina named Head of Latin Music at YMU

Medina joins the company from her own artist management company, Creative Management Firm

Jaxsta acquires ‘LinkedIn for creatives’ Vampr

News comes just three months after Vampr received investment from Downtown

Deezer strikes long-term partnership with speaker maker Sonos to power Sonos Radio globally

Sonos launched its ad-supported radio streaming service in 2020

SM Entertainment, the company behind K-Pop stars EXO and Aespa, generated revenues of $198m in Q4 2022, up 18.2% YoY

SM Entertainment posts Q4 financial results

Amid rising regulatory pressure, TikTok amasses 150m+ users in Europe, plans two more data centers

TikTok has amassed more than 150 million users across Europe

Amazon Music strikes playlist partnership with generative AI music company Endel

Endel raised $15m in a series B funding round last year

Silver Lake to start looking for buyers for entertainment and ticketing giant TEG (report)

Silver Lake acquired TEG in October 2019

Former Warner boss Steve Cooper joins board of Quincy Jones-backed NFT platform OneOf

Web3 company and NFT marketplace claims that its “Green NFT platform” mints NFTs that are up to “2 million times more energy efficient” than its rivals

Napster acquires Web3 music startup Mint Songs after eight-figure financing

The acquisition follows Mint Songs’ own $4.3m fundraising

Sound Credit and PPL strike North America neighbouring rights collections partnership

Sound Credit and Soundways will offer their North American performer community access to PPL’s international collections service

Ex-BMG UK President Alexi Cory-Smith launches acquisitive firm with €30m fund (update)

Firm has also struck a direct deal with David Gray to buy his publishing catalog