News NBA teams accuse music publishers including Kobalt of ‘extortion’ in copyright dispute, claim ‘fair use’ Fourteen NBA teams have been sued by music publishers over alleged unlicensed use of music in their social media posts
News 45RPM to launch music publishing arm via partnership with Universal Music Publishing 45RPM's new publishing arm aims to provide composers and songwriters access to opportunities across film, TV, ads, and gaming
News Spirit Music Group launches joint venture with Grammy-winning songwriter Autumn Rowe, signs Mira Housey Classical piano prodigy Mira Housey is the first creative to sign with the new Honest Songs Music & Lyrics
News Capitol Records hires Justin Grant as SVP/Head of Urban Digital, promotes Dante Smith to Head of Motown Digital Capitol is looking to strengthen digital marketing operations in its urban music division
News Kevin McGurn named Triller CEO following TikTok rival’s NASDAQ debut McGurn served as President of Sales and Distribution at Vevo, where he led the company's expansion as a global music video network
News Vinyl Group partners with Songtradr on global advertising Songtradr's digital advertising inventory could expand the Vampr Ad Network's US reach by up to 20-fold
News Slipstream buys Anthem Entertainment’s three production music brands, covering 650,000 tracks Slipstream says the acquisition positions it as "the largest global independent music licensing platform"
News Instagram now lets users add songs to their Spotify playlists, taking a page from TikTok’s playbook Move follows TikTok's 'Add To Music App' feature launch
News Tomorrowland Music taps BMG for exclusive global management and administration The BMG partnership adds publishing expertise to Tomorrowland Music's existing team
News US’s Federal Trade Commission finalizes ‘click-to-cancel’ rule for subscription services The new rule requires cancelling a subscription to be at least as simple as signing up for one
News YouTube unveils new features including collaborative playlists, fan badges and a sleep timer YouTube aims to keep users engaged amid growing competition from other platforms
News Apple Music now lets artists turn their set lists into playlists for tour promotion Apple is expanding its efforts to strengthen the artist-fan connection and offer promotional tools for musicians.
News Tencent Music partners with Galaxy Corp. for Korean rapper G-Dragon’s tour The alliance comes as Tencent Music expands its global presence and increasingly moves into live music
News TikTok partners with South Korean streaming service Melon to expand ‘Add to Music App’ feature TikTok recently announced the shutdown of its TikTok Music streaming service, but that's not the end of its musical ambitions
News Jean Mischler named SVP, Marketing at Downtown Music’s CD Baby Mischler comes to CD Baby from Sofar Sounds, where she served as VP of Growth Marketing