News Elton John launches ‘Beyond the Yellow Brick Road’ virtual world on Roblox Platform will host the 'Beyond the Yellow Brick Road' virtual performance starting on November 17
News South Korean game publisher Com2uS buys $47m worth of shares in K-Pop giant SM Entertainment (report) Com2uS reportedly bought the shares between October 12 to October 31
News Jaxsta introduces new metadata matching tool for rightsholders Jaxsta houses more than 289 million official music credits from over 330 data partners
News Wise Music expands into Iceland, led by Inga Weisshappel Wise Music Iceland will operate as a JV between Edition Wilhelm Hansen and Bosworth Music
News Warner Chappell renews global deal with South Korea-based publisher 153/Joombas Company's catalog includes songs written for K-Pop stars like BTS, EXO, aespa, Monsta X and NCT DREAM
News Abbey Road Studios to host free 3 day festival with masterclasses for artists, producers and composers next week Attendance to this year’s event in London next week is free by entering a ballot
News Concord unveils new logo, expands global HQ in Nashville Company announces 8,300 sq. ft. expansion of its second-floor offices
News Mike Caren’s APG makes string of executive hires and promotions Brett Copell upped to SVP for Legal & Business Affairs; Alexis Warner promoted to Marketing Director; Sebastien Christie hired as Sr. Director of A&R Administration and Jesse Wylde as Sr. Director, Artist & Business Development.
News Deezer revenues grow 13.8% YoY in Q3, but total subscribers fall 2.5% to 9.4m Streaming company publishes results for Q3 2022
Analysis News Taylor Swift’s Midnights (3am Edition) has generated over $1.3m in sales on Tencent’s QQ Music in China Midnights continues to perform well in China
News Lil Durk teams up with Exceed Talent Capital to offer ‘IPO’ of upcoming music Company claims to let artists 'create a legally compliant IPO of their work'
Analysis News Global songwriter royalty collections topped $10bn in 2021, but were still below pre-pandemic levels CISAC has published its Global Collections Report 2021
News Ingrooves wins third patent, for AI tech to predict TikTok trends that can translate into upticks in streams Tech claimed to detect opportunities from UGC content trends across TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels
Analysis News YouTube’s Q3 ad revenue slides 1.9% YoY amid ‘shift in user behavior’ YouTube ad revenue in Q3 came in at $7.07 billion
News Spotify mulls price hike in US following Apple, YouTube’s lead 'When our competitors are increasing their prices, that's really good for us,' said CEO Daniel Ek on SPOT earnings call