News TikTok launches Youth Council amid mounting safety concerns The Youth Council has been created in partnership with a specialist online safety agency
News Bruce Springsteen named Fellow of The Ivors Academy in the UK in recognition of ‘his influence and impact on the craft of songwriting’ Springsteen becomes the first-ever international songwriter to be named a Fellow of The Ivors Academy
News Downtown Artist & Label Services sets its sights on Musica Mexicana; signs Beto Vega, expands partnership with Kartel Music Company has also augmented its team in Mexico over the past two years to support its growing operations in the region
News Teddy Swims inks global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Swims currently holds the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with 'Lose Control'
News Spotify launches video courses on production, songwriting, how to ‘make hit records’ and more The platform has teamed up with various ed tech services
News Joni Mitchell’s music is back on Spotify, a week after Neil Young’s music returned to the platform Move comes more than two years after both artists removed their catalogs from Spotify
News Musixmatch partners with AI company Runway to let artists generate AI-powered lyric videos The tool can also directly export the compositions as 30-second clips to create assets for social media, and Spotify Canvas.
News UK live music promoters Communion Presents and FKP Scorpio UK merge to form Communion ONE Communion ONE will be led by a board including managing directors Daniel Ealam, Mazin Tappuni and Scott O’Neill
News Tencent Music President and Chief Technology Officer Zhenyu Xie to exit Exec will continue to be involved with TME in a consulting capacity
News UK’s musical talent gets $1.3M boost as PPL launches annual giving program The program supports groups that drive positive change through music education, talent development, and artist well-being programs
News Saudi Arabian media giant MBC quietly bought a 14% stake in Anghami Anghami's stock price soared 59% in one day, after news of the acquisition went public
News Bandzoogle facilitated $16.4M in revenues for musicians in 2023, highlighting direct-to-fan sales boom More than half of the revenue generated on Bandzoogle last year came from merch sales
News Symphonic Distribution to host third annual women empowerment mentorship program with mentors from Amazon Music and Meta The program has so far connected 165 mentors with 340 mentees around the world
News Music licensing platform WavMaker launches with $5m seed funding The startup says it seeks to help video creators streamline the process of finding high-quality music for video projects
News Warner Music India makes strategic investment in JetSynthesys’ Global Music Junction Warner says the deal makes it the largest player in certain central Indian music markets