News PRS Foundation announces 28 recipients of PPL Momentum Music Fund Since its launch in 2013, the PPL Momentum Music Fund has awarded over £5.2 million ($6.7 million) to artists across the UK
News Downtown Artist & Label Services partners with SymphonyOS to offer AI-powered marketing tools at a discount Downtown joins a growing list of SymphonyOS partners, including CD Baby and UnitedMasters
News ByteDance appoints ex-Warner Bros. lawyer John Rogovin as Global General Counsel Rogovin's appointment comes as TikTok fights the US government over the new 'divest-or-ban' law
News Lee Anderson appointed President of Wasserman’s music division Anderson has played a key role in Wasserman Music's development since its launch in 2021
News Rick Gleave quietly leaves Tuned Global, forms Music Foundry consultancy with two other music execs The consultancy aims to meet the growing demand for business advisory support from the expanding music technology sector
News Joanna Kalli elevated to Managing Director, Commercial Group, at Sony Music UK The promotion comes as Sony Music's catalog continues to expand, including potentially with the addition of rock legends Queen
News Tencent, Tencent Music to buy 10% stake in Thailand’s IPO-bound GMM Music for $70m GMM Music is bullish that the partnership with Tencent and TME will make a “fandom economy possible”
News AEG CEO Jay Marciano labels Live Nation/Ticketmaster a ‘monopoly,’ asserts DOJ will win lawsuit “While it may take some time, we strongly believe that DOJ’s lawsuit will succeed and ultimately bring sweeping changes"
News Artist Legacy Group named global representative of DMX’s estate DMX's music has seen a resurgence of interest since the rapper's untimely passing in 2021
News Domino and Sentric Music join RDx global data exchange service Launched by IFPI and WIN and operated by PPL, the RDx platform aims to streamline music data for royalty collections
News Spotify hit with class action lawsuit over discontinued ‘Car Thing’ device Consumers who purchased the device “are left with nothing more than a paperweight that cost between $50 and $100"
News Firebird signs physical sales and distro deal with Proper Distribution The agreement will see Proper offer its services to Firebird's network of labels, artist management companies and other creative businesses
News Warner Music Latina inks global deal with Dominican artist Tokischa to launch new record label, SOL The deal is also supported by Atlantic Records
News Sony Music Publishing mulls ‘all options’ against Spotify over bundling subscriptions "Spotify is taking the position that all US subscribers are part of a bundle without choosing the bundle option"
News Julian Dunn appointed Director of Business Affairs at music funding platform beatBread Dunn brings with him years of experience in debt financing and the B2B software sector