News Billboard just made ‘free’ streams worth more on its US charts. YouTube is still not happy – and is pulling its data. Paid streams will still be weighted more favorably than ad-supported plays on Billboard's chartd, but by a smaller margin than before.
News BMG renews, expands global publishing deal with TikTok The expanded deal includes enhanced reporting and attribution standards for digital platforms
News Saregama invests $36m in Bollywood studio Bhansali Productions, secures exclusive music rights for future films India's oldest music label has the option to increase its stake in the studio to 51% by 2030.
News Live Nation expands in Thailand with Impact Arena deal The deal gives Live Nation control of operations at the 40,000-square-meter venue with a seating capacity of 12,000.
News Realize Music, with Tuned Global as strategic partner, launches ‘Sing’ VR game with 1m+ licensed tracks The platform features licensed tracks from Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Beggars Group
News Dionne Warwick sued by rights company over royalties from Doja Cat sample deal Artists Rights Enforcement claimed the singer tried to cut off payments under agreements they struck since 2002.
News Beatchain launches music platform WAVVI in West Africa via AFROSON1C X partnership WAVVI will offer streaming distribution, AI-powered advertising campaigns, performance and auience analytics and audio mixing tools, among others.
News Berlin startup Mirelo raises $41m in seed funding for AI-generated video sound Founded in 2023, the startup develops foundation models that produce synchronized sound effects for video content.
News Warner India’s Divo names Sony veteran Ashok Parwani as Head of Music Parwani spent two decades at Sony Music India, where he helped build the company’s southern India operations.
News SoundCloud partners with Imogen Heap’s Auracles on artist data platform The integration allows artists to import music projects between the two platforms and access all of their metadata, stems, PRs and more.
News The Weeknd closes $1 billion catalog deal with Lyric Capital (report) A representative for The Weeknd confirmed to Variety that the artist and his team will remain shareholders with “creative control” over his catalog.
News Digital music collection society amra overhauls client portal with real-time data access The revamped Revenue Dashboard has shifted revenue updates to weekly refreshes from the previous quarterly schedule.
News Charlotte Stahl, TikTok’s Head of Music Partnerships EMEA, exits Exec joined TikTok in 2020 as Artist Relations Manager for Germany
News Meta partners with iHeartMedia to bring Coldplay concert to VR headsets The free event will launch on Meta Horizon on December 30 at 11AM Pacific time.
News Congressman asks FTC to investigate AllTrack and Pro Music Rights Fitzgerald’s letter focuses on claims that both PROs may be misrepresenting the scope of their music rights portfolios.