News Erika Montes, SoundCloud’s Global VP for Artist & Label Relations, joins Rostrum Records as President Rostrum founder Benjy Grinberg to move into new role of CEO
News Ru Ping Gan named VP of Digital, Asia Pacific at Warner Chappell Music Exec joined the company in 2013
News Irving Azoff’s PRO, Global Music Rights, settles two copyright infringement lawsuits in the US 'We are dedicated to protecting the rights of GMR songwriters and composers,' said GMR General Counsel, Emio Zizza
News EMPIRE partners with Web3 music investment platform Nebula Nebula was founded by Alessandro De Luca, Fuad Hawit and Startup Incubators
News Rights management firm Interstellar Music launches with key hires from Kobalt, BMG David Wille to join as Global Head of Sync and Brand Partnerships, and Sarah Bargiela named Head of Copyright and Royalties
News K-Pop stars NCT 127 to hold free virtual concert on Roblox Event is claimed to be the first-ever dedicated K-pop experience on Roblox
News Patra Sinner appointed General Counsel at Symphonic Distribution Sinner co-founded Vista 22, an artist management, distribution and label services company based in Nashville
News YouTube and Goldenvoice renew exclusive multi-year deal for Coachella livestream The 2023 Coachella will mark the 11th year that YouTube will be livestreaming the event
News FUGA inks global distribution deal with Marathon Music Marathon Music Group is the parent company of Marathon Artists
News Warner to premiere Latin Music TV series ‘Melody’ on Prime Video Series is being produced by Warner Music Entertainment (WME), Warner Chappell Music (WCM), Warner Music Latina (WML) and Trinity Entertainment
News Todd Moscowitz and Sony Music’s Santa Anna signs distribution agreement with LISTEN TO THE KIDS Santa Anna was launched in January 2023
News SoundHound axes nearly 50% of staff less than a year after IPO SoundHound went public in New York in April 2022 via a $2.1bn SPAC merger
News Anton Powers named Head of A&R at Sony Music-owned Ministry of Sound Exec will report to Dipesh Parmar, President of Columbia Records UK
News BMG faces lawsuit over alleged unpaid royalties from ‘Uptown Funk’ BMG Rights Management is being sued by the heirs of The Gap Band members Robert and Ronnie Wilson
Analysis News After taking stake in TikTok parent, China’s government to snap up shares in Tencent, Alibaba units (report) China's Government is acquiring stakes in local subsidiaries of China’s tech giants Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group