News Former Warner Music UK Commercial Partnerships Chief Linda Walker named new chair at UK’s ERA Walker began her music career on the ground floor, working at an indie record shop
News Turntable Labs raises $8.2m to launch social music streaming platform Hangout The latest financial boost comes as the company prepares to publicly launch Hangout later this year
News ‘Operation Redirect’: Brazil cracks down on music piracy sites spreading malware IFPI and Pro-Música Brasil collaborated with law enforcement to take down 12 piracy sites that were also spreading malware
News AEG and Onex complete sale of ASM Global to live events company Legends The merger creates what Legends describes as “the world’s preeminent premium live events company"
News Instagram Notes may soon showcase your Spotify listening activity via new Meta partnership (Report) It's unknown if the feature spotted by a reverse engineer will ever be made public
News Dr. Kenji Kitatani appointed Chairman of Warner Music Japan Kitatani has a long and distinguished career in entertainment, media and academia
News Ticketing startup TickPick secures $250M investment in ‘largest fundraise’ in industry to date TickPick says its all-in, no-fee pricing model has saved over $180 million in service fees alone on its platform since its inception
News Saregama, India’s oldest label, completes $45M acquisition of Pocket Aces Saregama says acquiring Pocket Aces is its avenue into expanding into short-form content
News South Korea’s FTC targets subscription practices of streaming giants including Spotify South Korean law requires streaming services to refund the unused portion of a subscription fee that is cancelled mid-billing cycle
News HYBE-owned label ADOR replaces CEO Min Hee-jin amid legal dispute HYBE suspects Min Hee-jin of attempting to seize control of subsidiary label ADOR.
News Paramount-Skydance merger moves forward as former Warner Music boss Edgar Bronfman Jr. drops $4.3bn bid Paramount's "go-shop" period to search for potential buyers has ended with Bronfman's withdrawal of his consortium's bid
News Oscar Scivier named Warner Music’s Senior Director, A&R, Asia In his new role at Warner Music, Scivier will be based in Hong Kong
News Sony is excited about its new blockchain platform, Soneium – and music could play a big part in its future The company aims to turn Soneium into a comprehensive Web3 solution, offering services from the infrastructure level to application development
News Court clears Michael Jackson estate to proceed with catalog sale to Sony at $1.5b valuation MBW understands the deal to be worth as much as $750 million, valuing Jackson's catalog at $1.5 billion
News KakaoBank buys 15% stake in music streaming startup Naivy The acquisition comes amid legal problems for the founder of KakaoBank's parent company