News Primary Wave strikes partnership for catalog, name and likeness rights, of late jazz pianist Dave Brubeck The publisher will handle marketing, branding and licensing opportunities for Brubeck’s catalog, including sync deals for film and TV projects.
News Dynamite Songs acquires 150 tracks via deals with Eric Turner, John ‘$K’ McGee, TIEKS and Dan Harkna The catalogs include Tinie Tempah's "Written in the Stars," Avicii's "Broken Arrows," and Trey Songz's "Neighbors Know My Name."
News Aisha Salem-Howey named General Counsel at UAE’s Music Nation She will lead legal, regulatory and governance strategy for the company while also handling international engagement.
News Ticket resales above face value to be banned by UK government in crackdown on touts The move marks a more aggressive approach after ministers initially considered allowing resales at up to 30% above face value.
News Mushroom Music inks sub-publishing deal with peermusic for Americas peermusic will handle copyright registration, royalty collection, sync licensing and creative opportunities for Mushroom's roster of songwriters.
News TIDAL opens direct uploads for indie artists, but tracks won’t earn royalties TIDAL is launching a contest that will award $100,000 each for 10 artists whose work get playlisted among TIDAL Upload's headliners.
News Live Nation acquired Pukkelpop, one of Belgium’s largest music festivals. Now the market’s competition watchdog is investigating the deal. The Belgian Competition Authority noted that Live Nation already provides artist booking services and organizes three of Belgium’s largest festivals.
News Warner Music Group strikes deal with Feed.fm to supply licensed music clips for apps The partnership promises to “make it easier for developers to integrate high-quality, fully-licensed song clips through a secure, scalable system.”
News Songscription raises $5M in funding as ‘Shazam for sheet music’ platform reaches 150K users The platform currently supports piano, violin, flute, guitar, bass guitar, and trumpet, with plans to add more instruments.
News Radio streamer TuneIn acquired by Canadian media firm Stingray for $175m The transaction value is based on TuneIn’s projected sales of $110 million and adjusted EBITDA of $30 million for the 12 months ending December 31.
News GoDigital Music acquires DIY distributor Octiive, forms European HQ in Zurich Octiive has served more than 20,000 artists and over 3,000 labels since its launch
News All NewJeans members return to HYBE’s ADOR after court ruling on contract dispute HYBE-owned ADOR said Haerin and Hyein have decided "to respect the court's latest ruling" after "thoughtful consideration."
News un:hurd, valued at $11.8M, opens crowdfunding campaign after seven-figure funding round The platform's community of 185,000 artists and labels will be able to buy into the company for as little as £15 ($19.68).
News TuneCore has paid out over $5 billion to self-releasing artists to date TuneCore has paid out around $1 billion since June 2024, or about $59 million per month until November 2025.
News Australian ticketing firm TEG acquires Twenty3 Live, launches in-house creative agency Ovation amp TEG has bought Twenty3 Live's six-person team into its organization and established Ovation amp, its in-house creative agency.