News Snoop Dogg says he’s ditching Spotify for Web3 platform Tune.FM The rapper recently criticized Spotify, claiming he received less than $45,000 for over one billion streams on the platform
News Notorious B.I.G. estate nears $100m+ music rights deal with Primary Wave (report) The transaction could cover 50% of both publishing and master rights to the late rapper’s work
News Warner Music Africa Francophone hosts songwriting camp in Abidjan The camp took place months after Warner Music launched WM Africa Francophone, operating in France and French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa
News Sony Music Publishing Japan launches NFTs for soon-to-disband J-pop group Sandal Telephone Sony also disclosed plans for NFT distributions through Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan and Sony Music Entertainment France
News AI music remix app Hook expands distribution network with Too Lost partnership Hook has released more than 7 million songs, with about 150,000 new releases per month from 300,000 artists
News Artist marketing platform un:hurd music attracts fresh investment from EMPIRE The investment takes place alongside un:hurd’s ongoing funding round, in which Trapital Ventures and Mindset Ventures MusicTech have also participated
News HYBE partners with South Korean police to combat deepfake crimes against K-Pop artists Deal includes expedited investigation processes and the establishment of a reporting hotline in South Korea
News Arden Records launches publishing division to support lo-fi artists Company was founded by Nepalese artist sagun in 2021
News West One Music Group adds trailer music production library Q-Factory to its portfolio of labels The Q-Factory music library has featured in marketing campaigns for films like Wicked and Deadpool & Wolverine; and in TV series like Amazon Prime’s The Rings of Power
News Spain generated nearly half a billion dollars from streaming in 2024, as total recorded music revenues rose 9.42% YoY Market's total revenues reached EUR €568.8 million in 2024
News WavMaker introduces ‘Cue Packs,’ pre-matched track bundles for film and video scoring These curated bundles of modular music provide pre-arranged themes, intros, outros, and transitions across various film and video genres
News Universal Music adopts ISNI system, assigning ID numbers to songwriters and artists An ISNI functions as a ‘digital passport’ for every contributor involved in the making of a piece of music
News UMG artist Jacky Cheung sets new record in China with 1,000th concert milestone Executives from Universal Music Greater China presented Cheung with a gift honoring his four-decade career in the music industry
News Ex-SM Entertainment CEO’s TITAN CONTENT partners with IMPERIAL Music to launch new girl group AtHeart The move comes amid a trend of K-pop companies partnering with international entertainment firms to expand the K-pop talent search model worldwide
News NetEase Cloud Music partners with Starship Entertainment to boost K-pop access in China NetEase revealed that its platform now hosts 206 million monthly active users, showing minimal growth from the 205.9 million reported for 2023