News Apple Music launches Apple Classical Top 100 global chart Apple's one-year-old app for classical music has been a "huge hit" with fans of the genre
News Bob Bruderman promoted to Chief Digital Officer at Kobalt Having joined the company in 2013, Bruderman most recently served as Kobalt's EVP, Global Digital Business
News Submix raises $1m in funding, launches remote music collab platform globally The platform promises to "unearth more opportunities for anyone currently or looking to work in professional audio"
News Ticketmaster acquires self-service ticketing platform Quicket, bolstering presence in Africa South Africa's Quicket has built a self-service ticketing platform serving Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, and beyond
News Warner Chappell Music inks publishing deal with Salaam Remi’s Analog Metaverse Collaboration will see WCM jointly administer the majority of Analog Metaverse’s music catalog
News Indie music labels form ORCA, a think tank for ‘recorded culture and arts’ ORCA's goal is to equip policymakers, business leaders, and communities with a deeper understanding of music's significance
News Japan’s Pony Canyon taps Orfium to monetize UGC on YouTube The deal marks Orfium's fourth major partnership in Asia over the past six months
News Kakao’s billionaire founder arrested in stock manipulation probe related to SM stake buy The arrest jeopardizes the future plans of Kakao, one of South Korea's most prominent tech giants
News Ariana Grande officially joins HYBE’s Weverse superfan app Grande's debut on the app offers an opportunity for Weverse to reverse a decline in users amid BTS's ongoing hiatus
News Ian Carew promoted to Managing Director at Distiller Records Carew’s music industry career spans over 25 years, including marketing roles at Sony Music and Universal Music Group
News TikTok to ‘fast track’ official artist account creation for DistroKid members TikTok and DistroKid have been partners since 2019, when DistroKid became the first distributor to ink a deal with the video platform
News YouTube Music’s Foundry Program returns to support ‘next wave of independent artists’ YouTube is rolling out some new features for its Foundry program, including live shows
News FUGA signs distro, marketing deals with UK’s One House, Critical Music and Berry’s Room FUGA welcomes "some of the industry’s most valuable and forward-thinking labels" to its client base.
News Meet ‘Livi,’ the new Spanish-speaking voice of Spotify’s AI DJ Olivia Quiroz Roa is the voice of "Livi," Spotify's new Spanish-speaking version of its AI-driven DJ feature
News Instagram launches multitrack audio feature, allowing users to add up to 20 tracks to a single Reel Instagram's latest feature comes amid a fierce battle for dominance in the short-form video landscape