News SM Entertainment to establish Southeast Asian HQ in Singapore The plan was confirmed by the entertainment firm to CNBC on December 1
News Dani Oliva appointed VP of Business and Legal Affairs at Venice Music Prior to joining Venice, Oliva founded Oliva Law Group, P.C. in 2017
News With more than 18.5bn streams in 2022, Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist globally for third straight year Streaming giant unveils its Spotify Wrapped feature and stats for 2022
News Prime Video documentary about SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man in the works Film will reportedly be produced by production company This Machine
News Tech start-up Logcast unveils Spotify integration that lets creators charge for talk content Logcast investors include San Francisco-based VC firm Goodwater Capital
News Reliance-backed Jio Platforms launches TikTok alternative in India in partnership with Rolling Stone, Creativeland Asia App will go live in January 2023
News Warner Chappell strikes deal with Web3 firm Defient, with plans to launch digital museum for the ‘art and stories of songs’ 'This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of music publishing,' said WCM Co-Chair and CEO Guy Moot and Co-Chair and COO Carianne Marshall
News Ethiopia Habtemariam to step down as Chairwoman and CEO of Motown Habtemariam has spent almost two decades at UMG
News Live music promoter DEAG’s Q3 revenue up 72% versus pre-Covid level Company generated $106m in revenue in Q3, accoridng to preliminary earnings results
News FUGA forms partnership with electronic label group Insomniac Music Group Insomniac houses a number of labels in the electronic music space
News NetEase Cloud Music revenues reach $331m in Q3, up 22.5% YoY Cloud Music accounted for 9.7% of parent company’s overall revenue in Q3
News Warner Chappell signs singer-songwriter Amy Allen to global admin deal Allen is best known for writing top hits for Harry Styles, Halsey, Selena Gomez and Lizzo
News Iggy Azalea sells catalog to Domain Capital in ‘eight-figure’ deal Deal was confirmed by the artist on social media
News HYBE continues to diversify its business by buying a stake in South Korea-based games developer Flint (report) Company expands in games industry
Analysis News Taylor Swift slams ‘excruciating’ tour presale, as Live Nation addresses Ticketmaster competition concerns Live Nation publishes statement after Ticketmaster site crashes during ‘Verified Fan’ sale for Taylor Swift tour