News IDOL inks global marketing and distribution deal with Berlin-based City Slang The partnership launches with the release of Caribou's latest album next month
News ByteDance boosts share price in latest buyback and plans record $9.5bn loan (Reports) The owner of TikTok is planning to borrow $9.5 billion, the largest dollar-denominated loan in Asia outside Japan
News Three Norwegian labels merge to form Sounds Like Gold label, partnering with Virgin Music Group The combined indie labels have the 'potential to be a real game changer' in the Nordic markets
News Reservoir acquires Billy Strange’s catalog including Elvis Presley hits Strange's composer credits include the class Elvis track 'A Little Less Conversation'
News Min Hee-jin rejects NewJeans producer role after HYBE ousts her as ADOR CEO HYBE offered Min the role of NewJeans producer for the two-month remainder of her contract
News SM Entertainment partners with telco LG Uplus on AI-driven content for virtual artist Naevis Virtual artists are taking off in popularity, particularly in the South Korean market
News Superfan engagement platform FanCircles raises $2m UK-headquartered FanCircles builds custom direct-to-fan platforms for artists
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