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
News Hacker who stole Ed Sheeran’s unreleased music to sell for crypto gets 18-month jail term in the UK Hacker illegally accessed cloud-based accounts of 89 artists, including Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert
News Taylor Swift’s Midnights ‘priciest’ ever digital album sold by Tencent Music in China (report) Midnights was released on Friday, October 21
News Adidas terminates Kanye West partnership, talent agency CAA drops him as a client Moves prompted by recent antisemitic statements made by the artist
News TikTok parent sells 46,000 Pico VR headsets in China in race to beat Meta ByteDance acquired Chinese VR headset maker Pico for an undisclosed amount last year